Kvarven fort
Kvarven fort is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 165 m. Rundemanen stands 568 m to the east-northeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is cannon, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Kvarven Fort was a mountain fort strategically located by the main shipping channel of the Byfjorden leading to Bergen, Norway.
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Dates from 1895.
Wikidata Q6449654, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 165 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- cannon: 0.0 mi
- Pacific Northwest Totem: 2.1 mi
- Fasmer Møllestein: 2.1 mi
- Edv. G. Johannessen: 2.1 mi
- Ung Kvinne: 2.2 mi
- Kvarven kystfort: 0.0 mi
- Åsen batteri (Olsvik batteri): 1.0 mi
- Falne fra Laksevåg 1929 - 45: 1.3 mi
- Heksesteinen: 2.2 mi
- Christian F. L. Campbell Andersen: 2.2 mi
- Ørnefjellet: 0.9 mi
- Tempelet: 1.1 mi
- Noven: 1.4 mi
- Dyrdalstoppen: 1.5 mi
- Grøntua: 1.5 mi
- Det Røde Hus: 1.8 mi
- Laksevåg Kulturhistoriske Forening: 2.2 mi
- Håkonshallen: 2.6 mi
- Rosenkrantztårnet: 2.6 mi
- Buekorpsmuseet: 2.7 mi
- Bellonaparken: 1.1 mi
- Vatnavatnet Park: 1.1 mi
- Nordnesparken: 2.1 mi
- Laksevågparken: 2.1 mi
- Håsteinarparken: 2.2 mi
- Laksholmen naturreservat: 4.6 mi
- Ringaskjer naturreservat: 5.2 mi
- Rambjøra landskapsvernområde: 6.0 mi
- Hanøyklubben naturreservat: 6.8 mi
- Nesvika naturreservat: 8.2 mi
- Kvarven lyskasterbatteri: 0.4 mi
- Olsvik luftvernbatteri: 1.0 mi
- Klampevik forsvarsverk: 1.1 mi
- Nygård luftvernbatteri: 1.4 mi
- Magic Ice Bar Bergen: 2.4 mi
- Bogstifossen: 5.1 mi
- Urteigfossen: 9.5 mi
- Giljafossen: 12.3 mi
- Fossen: 12.4 mi
- Gjerstadfossen: 12.9 mi
- Møhlenpris badeplass: 3.0 mi
- Vollane: 4.0 mi
- Kollavågen: 5.6 mi
- Kollevåg badestrand: 5.9 mi
- Skjoldbukta: 6.5 mi
- Kommandantens hage: 2.6 mi
- Bakhagen: 3.0 mi
- Nordre Skogveien 6 backyard: 3.2 mi
- Alvøen hovedgård plen: 3.5 mi
- Gartnerhage: 3.8 mi
- Kletten: 8.4 mi
- Bjørnemarken: 8.5 mi
- Stuekaien: 8.5 mi
- Stuperen: 8.5 mi
- Sekkeviken: 8.5 mi
- Geithelleren: 4.9 mi
- Skiphammaren: 9.1 mi
- Hakkstein: 9.3 mi
- Balhammaren: 22.1 mi
- Laddberget: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.1 miles of Kvarven fort. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rundemanen | ENE 75° | 568 m | 4.4 mi |
| Blåmanen | E 85° | 551 m | 4.2 mi |
| Kvitebjørnen | ENE 61° | 484 m | 3.9 mi |
| Løvstakken | SE 133° | 477 m | 3.6 mi |
| Søre Midtfjellet | E 92° | 452 m | 4.0 mi |
| Nordre Midtfjellet | E 86° | 450 m | 3.9 mi |
| Sandviksfjellet | ENE 75° | 417 m | 3.5 mi |
| Fløyfjellet | E 88° | 400 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 17:57 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:11 | 21:50 | 23:12 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:47 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 09:46 | 13:04 | 15:30 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/10892982
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