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Sitte på elefantryggen

Sitte på elefantryggen from directly overhead

Sitte på elefantryggen is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Lokkeråsen stands 607 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Åssiden elvepark, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

Sculpture of an elephant, partially submerged in sand.

What the record says

Built
2013

How to reach it

Coordinates59.75056, 10.14855

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
  • Grua: 1.2 mi
  • Bragernes strand: 2.5 mi
  • Hagatjern badeplass: 3.7 mi
  • Glasstranda: 4.7 mi
  • Knivestranda: 5.3 mi
Peaks
  • Konnerudkollen: 1.7 mi
  • Gruvåsen: 1.8 mi
  • Risåsnappen: 1.8 mi
  • Villåsen: 1.9 mi
  • Haukås: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls: 53
  • Høgfossen: 7.0 mi
  • Hellefossen: 9.0 mi
  • Hengefoss: 9.3 mi
  • Solbergfossen: 10.0 mi
  • Høgfossen: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Tverråsen: 2.6 mi
  • Tverråsen: 2.8 mi
  • Tverråsen: 2.9 mi
  • Tverråsen: 3.3 mi
  • Tverråsen: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Springs: 9
  • Jutultønna: 1.6 mi
  • Jennys kilde: 1.7 mi
  • Kilden: 18.5 mi
  • Simensølla: 18.6 mi
  • Olavskilden: 19.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Sitte på elefantryggen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
LokkeråsenNW 306°607 m4.7 mi
HoggskollenNW 314°597 m4.7 mi
KleiverenNW 319°596 m5.2 mi
SkimtenN 353°554 m3.8 mi
TverråsenNNW 347°546 m3.5 mi
StorsteinsfjellN 11°540 m4.2 mi
SolbergvardenWNW 299°531 m4.2 mi
DamhaugenNW 322°435 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2317:3818:33
June solstice03:5921:2622:45
September equinox07:0418:2819:22
December solstice09:2013:1515:17

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10876203546

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