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Staverns Fort

Staverns Fort is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Vealøs stands 500 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Verftsstranda, a beach 0.3 miles away.

The story

Staverns Fortress was a military facility located on the island of Citadelløya at Stavern in Vestfold, Norway.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1677.

Wikidata Q14437900, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1675

How to reach it

Coordinates58.99566, 10.04958

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Martineåsen: 5.0 mi
  • Storefjell: 8.5 mi
  • Prestskjeggen: 9.6 mi
  • Ommestadkollen: 10.1 mi
  • Fjellvikåsen: 11.2 mi
Parks
  • Kronprinsen: 0.4 mi
  • Mølleberget: 0.4 mi
  • Pumpeparken: 0.5 mi
  • Pensjonisthuset: 2.6 mi
  • Gloppeparken: 2.9 mi
Historic sites: 58
Beaches
  • Verftsstranda: 0.3 mi
  • Sukkerstranda: 0.4 mi
  • Korntin: 0.4 mi
  • Nordstranda: 0.7 mi
  • Agnesstranda: 1.0 mi
Artworks: 48
  • Tordenskiold: 0.4 mi
  • Hesten på Kronprinsen: 0.4 mi
  • Fredsskipene: 0.4 mi
  • Herman Wildevey: 0.4 mi
  • Skøyteløperen på Bukta: 0.5 mi
Attractions: 32
Museums: 28
Waterfalls: 4
  • Holmfoss: 13.4 mi
  • Kistefossen: 19.0 mi
  • Ulefoss: 21.1 mi
  • Binganefossen: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Kjellsen-steinen: 21.1 mi
  • Knutebratten: 21.7 mi
  • Grusveggen: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 1
Springs: 1
  • Andrineolla: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Staverns Fort. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
VealøsNW500 m20.8 mi
VetakollenNNW453 m18.9 mi
FjerdingenNW360 m13.9 mi
SvartebergetNNW359 m17.3 mi
ØvrumkollenNW327 m17.1 mi
JordstøypNNW320 m13.9 mi
KistekollenNNW295 m20.1 mi
MiddagskollenNNW290 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2317:4018:33
June solstice04:0721:2222:37
September equinox07:0418:2919:23
December solstice09:1313:3715:24

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/609975637

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