Historic site · Norway
Christiansø festning
Christiansø festning is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Hesteheia stands 300 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Blåbærheia, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Historic Norwegian fortress.
Dates from 1635.
Wikidata Q5110649, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1555
How to reach it
Coordinates58.08552, 7.98408
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Skjede naturreservat: 1.6 mi
- Kjosbukta naturreservat: 2.2 mi
- Oksø naturreservat: 2.6 mi
- Store Lyngholmen naturreservat: 3.1 mi
- Svingervann naturreservat: 3.5 mi
Peaks
- Blåbærheia: 0.4 mi
- Topp: 0.5 mi
- Ægerfjellet: 0.6 mi
- Store Kjellvarden: 0.7 mi
- Refskniven: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- Fredriksholm festning: 0.8 mi
- Flekkerøy fort: 0.9 mi
- Laksevigsteinen: 1.2 mi
- Sumatra batteri: 1.2 mi
- Frihetsvarden: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 51
Attractions: 46
- Posebyen: 4.4 mi
- Observasjonspost fra første verdenskrig: 4.5 mi
- Lille Kjeragbolten: 4.6 mi
- Søgne-skiltet: 6.5 mi
- Gibbon: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 41
- Søgnefossen: 5.4 mi
- Garverifossen: 9.5 mi
- Storefoss: 10.1 mi
- Holmenfossen: 11.1 mi
- Fossen: 11.4 mi
Museums: 34
- Historielagets Museum: 0.6 mi
- Kanonmuseet: 0.7 mi
- Bredalsholmen dokk og fartøyvernsenter: 1.8 mi
- Bragdøya Kystkultursenter: 2.4 mi
- Odderøya Museumshavn: 3.8 mi
Cliffs: 28
- Veten: 1.3 mi
- Masteskjær: 1.7 mi
- Bananveggen: 2.5 mi
- LOS-klippen: 2.6 mi
- Dog wall: 2.7 mi
Beaches: 26
- Galgebergtangen: 4.3 mi
- Bystranda: 4.3 mi
- Bertesbukta: 4.5 mi
- Søm: 5.3 mi
- Buane: 5.9 mi
Parks: 19
- Myren gård: 3.3 mi
- Peisestuen park: 3.5 mi
- Gravaneparken: 4.0 mi
- Otterdalsparken: 4.0 mi
- Børsparken: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Murane: 1.4 mi
- Kosevika friområde: 5.0 mi
- kommodeskuffa: 17.9 mi
- Bestemor: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Christiansø festning. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hesteheia | NNW 332° | 300 m | 10.4 mi |
| Slettehei | N 1° | 277 m | 9.9 mi |
| Ureheia | NNW 330° | 250 m | 9.1 mi |
| Baleheia | N 2° | 245 m | 10.6 mi |
| Tereleigsåsen | NNW 334° | 243 m | 9.4 mi |
| Smørheia | WNW 282° | 242 m | 10.6 mi |
| Linnåsen | WNW 295° | 235 m | 8.1 mi |
| Den omvendte båt | N 356° | 234 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:49 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 04:24 | 21:25 | 22:37 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:39 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 09:14 | 14:04 | 15:40 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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