Eggen
Eggen rises to 2,041 m. Surtningssue stands 2,368 m to the north-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Høgdebrotet, a peak 0.8 miles away. Valdresflye passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
Eggen is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,041-metre (6,696 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 55 kilometres (34 mi) southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Bukkehåmåren to the east, Høgdebrotet to the southeast, Tjønnholstinden to the south, Skarvflytindene to the southwest, Surtningssue to the northwest, and Besshø and Besseggen to the northeast.
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Wikidata Q3443264, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2041 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Valdresflye, National
- 20.3 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
Overlooks nearby
- Smørkollen · 14 mi
- Leirdalen · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Høgdebrotet: 0.8 mi
- Kvassryggen: 0.9 mi
- Tjønnholstinden: 1.3 mi
- Tjønnholsoksle: 2.1 mi
- Søre Skarvflytinden: 2.5 mi
- Svartberget: 10.2 mi
- Oledalsbrynane: 13.7 mi
- Mugnebrynadn: 16.4 mi
- Blåe berge: 16.6 mi
- Buskarhødnet: 17.1 mi
- Hellerfossen: 8.1 mi
- Stuttgongfossen: 15.1 mi
- Givrisfossen: 19.3 mi
- Dumfossen: 19.6 mi
- Austreimsføssen: 19.9 mi
- Baklie naturreservat: 10.9 mi
- Stuttgonglie naturreservat: 11.9 mi
- Sanddalstjedn naturreservat: 12.8 mi
- Veogjelet naturreservat: 16.6 mi
- Smådalsvatni naturreservat: 17.8 mi
- "Rock on Top of Another Rock": 6.6 mi
- Reinsbukken: 13.3 mi
- Milestone: 20.3 mi
- Skulpturstopp: 24.8 mi
- Sagasøyla: 20.6 mi
- Kvernhusa ved Leine: 21.5 mi
- Theodor Caspari: 23.0 mi
- Vangsteinen: 23.4 mi
- Gjendebu: 5.5 mi
- Glittersjå Fjellgård: 23.4 mi
- Hegge stavkyrkje: 24.4 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 11.9 mi
- Kløvningadn: 21.5 mi
- Pålssanden: 24.5 mi
- Small spring: 17.7 mi
- Vasstrone: 22.3 mi
- Liastølen: 17.1 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 17.3 mi
- Tussebo: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Eggen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surtningssue | NNW 331° | 2,368 m | 5.6 mi |
| Knutsholstinden | SW 229° | 2,342 m | 4.0 mi |
| Tjønnholstinden | SSW 193° | 2,331 m | 1.3 mi |
| Sørtoppen | NNW 332° | 2,302 m | 5.1 mi |
| Austre Memurutinden | NW 326° | 2,301 m | 8.6 mi |
| Austre Leirungstinden | SSW 212° | 2,288 m | 3.3 mi |
| Søre Veotinden | NNW 332° | 2,267 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mesmogtinden | SW 225° | 2,264 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:41 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 03:43 | 21:44 | 23:12 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:31 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 09:43 | — | 15:05 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/10906078424
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