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Hjørungdalsvatnet naturreservat

Hjørungdalsvatnet naturreservat from directly overhead

Hjørungdalsvatnet naturreservat is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Åvasstinden stands 1,233 m to the southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Melshorn, a peak 1.2 miles away.

What the record says

Built
1988-05-27

What to expect

Operated by
Statsforvalteren i Møre og Romsdal

How to reach it

Coordinates62.33747, 6.05728

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Melshorn: 1.2 mi
  • Melshornet: 1.3 mi
  • Håbakknotten: 3.2 mi
  • Hovdenakken: 3.6 mi
  • Holstadhornet: 3.7 mi
Waterfalls: 46
  • Ljøsafossen: 4.2 mi
  • Fossane: 4.2 mi
  • Geitafossen: 4.4 mi
  • Skorgefossen: 5.5 mi
  • Kviefossen: 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 40
  • russisk fangeleir: 5.8 mi
  • Kvitnes kystfort: 6.0 mi
  • Kvitneset: 6.0 mi
  • Ulstein kirke (ruin): 7.9 mi
  • Tueneset kystfort: 8.4 mi
Museums: 19
Artworks: 11
Beaches: 10
Parks: 6
  • Museumsparken: 9.8 mi
  • Hamneparken: 9.8 mi
  • Byparken: 10.0 mi
  • Brusdalshagen: 10.0 mi
  • Kanalparken: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Brudeegget: 9.8 mi
  • ingrids Glassverksted: 9.8 mi
  • Hjørundfjorden: 16.4 mi
  • Lygnstøylvatnet: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Hjørungdalsvatnet naturreservat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ÅvasstindenSE 128°1,232.6 m6.8 mi
MiddagshornetESE 109°1,091 m7.3 mi
GrøthornetS 184°1,045 m5.3 mi
LiahornetSSW 194°1,036 m5.4 mi
BergehornetS 180°1,024 m4.2 mi
StabbenS 177°1,018 m6.5 mi
HyninganeS 178°1,018 m6.7 mi
GrøthornetSE 129°1,013 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3917:5018:50
June solstice03:4022:0123:36
September equinox07:1918:4019:40
December solstice10:04—15:05

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

  • Rannoch Sprawler2 obs
  • Eurasian Curlew1 obs
  • Grey Heron1 obs
  • European Common Frog1 obs
  • Grey Seal1 obs
  • European Edible Sea Urchin1 obs
  • European goldenrod1 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/691021818

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