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Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin from directly overhead

Yuri Gagarin is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Hauggjelsvarden stands 673 m to the east, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Tankens flukt, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Built
2016-09
Material
bronze
Inscription
Yuri Gagarin 1934-1968 - The first human to travel into space - Visited Bergen in 1964. - On the backside: From DIALOGUE OF CULTURES - UNITED WORLD Fund (Russia) on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the first human space flight. Alexey Leonov

How to reach it

Coordinates60.38394, 5.33095

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Skillingsbollen: 0.8 mi
  • Strandafjellet: 0.8 mi
  • Fløyfjellet: 1.1 mi
  • Søre Midtfjellet: 1.2 mi
  • Nordre Midtfjellet: 1.4 mi
Parks: 48
  • Verftsparken: 0.3 mi
  • St. Markus Kirke: 0.4 mi
  • Dongen: 0.6 mi
  • Øvre Ole Bulls plass 1 AS: 0.7 mi
  • Frydenbølien: 0.7 mi
Attractions: 39
Waterfalls: 27
  • Bogstifossen: 2.2 mi
  • Urteigfossen: 7.7 mi
  • Fossen: 10.9 mi
  • Bergsfossen: 10.9 mi
  • Giljafossen: 11.0 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Møhlenpris badeplass: 0.2 mi
  • Vollane: 4.0 mi
  • Nygardsvika friluftsområde: 4.8 mi
  • Skjoldbukta: 4.9 mi
  • Kollavågen: 8.6 mi
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 7
  • Kletten: 6.6 mi
  • Juditslund: 6.6 mi
  • Stuperen: 6.7 mi
  • Bjørnemarken: 6.7 mi
  • Sekkeviken: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Geithelleren: 3.7 mi
  • Hakkstein: 7.7 mi
  • Skiphammaren: 8.1 mi
  • Balhammaren: 19.5 mi
  • Laddberget: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.6 miles of Yuri Gagarin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HauggjelsvardenE 100°673 m3.1 mi
UlrikenESE 103°643 m2.0 mi
GrønetuaNE 54°642 m3.4 mi
VardeggaNE 47°590 m3.5 mi
RundemanenNNE 31°568 m2.4 mi
BlåmanenNE 42°551 m1.6 mi
KvitebjørnenN 8°484 m2.8 mi
LøvstakkenSSW 194°477 m1.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4217:5718:52
June solstice04:1121:5023:12
September equinox07:2318:4619:42
December solstice09:4513:0415:30

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4387485077

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