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Skipsfjord landskapsvernområde

Skipsfjord landskapsvernområde from directly overhead

Skipsfjord landskapsvernområde is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Tverrbakktind stands 1,392 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Vanntinden, a peak 3.6 miles away.

What the record says

Built
1978-12-15

What to expect

Operated by
Statsforvalteren i Troms og Finnmark

How to reach it

Coordinates70.14799, 19.82347

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Vanntinden: 3.6 mi
  • Vannkista: 4.1 mi
  • Laneskollen: 6.6 mi
  • Tvinaren: 7.4 mi
  • Torstinden: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Fossen: 4.4 mi
  • Storfossen: 14.8 mi
  • Storfossen: 18.2 mi
  • Fossan: 19.7 mi
  • Fossen: 20.4 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Arvik kystfort: 8.9 mi
  • Karlsøy kystfort: 10.9 mi
  • Nordeidet kystfort: 16.0 mi
  • Lenangen kystfort: 16.6 mi
  • Russelv kystfort: 16.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Gamviktindan: 23.2 mi
  • Gamviktindan: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Sandvika: 10.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Skipsfjord landskapsvernområde. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TverrbakktindSSE 152°1,392 m23.2 mi
HattetindenSSE 153°1,336 m24.3 mi
PeppartindenSSE 147°1,254 m22.1 mi
StorgaltenSSE 151°1,219 m20.8 mi
ArnøyhøgdaE 89°1,170 m20.6 mi
SynbakktindenSSE 153°1,129 m23.8 mi
Ullstinden - ÁdjitS 189°1,093 m24.6 mi
SolltindenSSW 213°1,049 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox05:4216:3517:56
June solsticeMidnight sun——
September equinox06:2017:2718:49
December solsticePolar night——

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

  • Razorbill1 obs
  • bladder wrack1 obs
  • Meadowsweet1 obs
  • heath spotted orchid1 obs
  • Eight-petal Mountain-Avens1 obs
  • Marsh Lousewort1 obs
  • Common Butterwort1 obs
  • tussock cottongrass1 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/993494154

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