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Giske dyrefredningsområde

Giske dyrefredningsområde from directly overhead

Giske dyrefredningsområde is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Gamlemsveten stands 790 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Gjerdesanden, a beach 1.1 miles away.

What the record says

Built
1988-05-27

What to expect

Operated by
Statsforvalteren i Møre og Romsdal

How to reach it

Coordinates62.50683, 6.03050

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sloktinden: 2.1 mi
  • Storefjellet: 2.6 mi
  • Signalen: 2.6 mi
  • Litle Måsetua: 2.7 mi
  • Storhornet: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • Krigsminnemerke: 2.1 mi
  • Ålesund kystfort: 3.3 mi
  • Tueneset kystfort: 3.9 mi
  • De falne til minne: 4.4 mi
  • Bybrannmonumentet i Alesund: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Fossane: 8.4 mi
  • Trollfossen: 14.3 mi
  • Ljøsafossen: 15.2 mi
  • Geitafossen: 15.5 mi
  • Fossane: 16.2 mi
Museums: 18
Beaches: 12
  • Gjerdesanden: 1.1 mi
  • Tueneset: 3.5 mi
  • Blimsanden: 4.0 mi
  • Parrvika: 5.4 mi
  • Lausundsanden: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 10
Picnic sites: 5
  • Benkane: 2.1 mi
  • Gjølevatnet: 8.9 mi
  • Setsdemma: 10.0 mi
  • Rødstøl's Plass: 21.7 mi
  • Straumsdalen: 24.7 mi
Parks: 5
  • Museumsparken: 4.7 mi
  • Byparken: 4.8 mi
  • Brusdalshagen: 5.2 mi
  • Kanalparken: 11.1 mi
  • Hamneparken: 21.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • ingrids Glassverksted: 4.4 mi
  • Brudeegget: 4.7 mi
  • Hjørundfjorden: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Giske dyrefredningsområde. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
GamlemsvetenENE 63°790 m10.3 mi
Vardane, TverrfjelletSSE 146°776 m7.8 mi
RundehornetSE 144°727 m7.7 mi
SulebakkhornetSSE 154°661 m7.5 mi
GrøthornetSSE 148°650 m6.6 mi
RøysahornetSSE 150°638 m8.0 mi
SkolmaSSW 201°635 m6.6 mi
SneldeliaSSW 202°633 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3917:5018:50
June solstice03:3822:0223:39
September equinox07:1918:4019:40
December solstice10:07—15:03

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

  • Eurasian Curlew3 obs
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher3 obs
  • Flat Periwinkle3 obs
  • Lawn daisy3 obs
  • Common Periwinkle3 obs
  • Orange-clubbed Sea Slug3 obs
  • Sanderling2 obs
  • Dunlin2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/691021999

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