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Elgpiggen

Elgpiggen rises to 1,604 m. Nordre Sålekinna stands 1,595 m to the northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Veslehøgda, a peak 1.3 miles away.

The story

Elgspiggen is a mountain located on the border of Tolga Municipality and Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is part of the Holøydalen mountain area. The 1,604-metre (5,262 ft) mountain is easily recognizable due to its shape like a pyramid. The mountain has a topographic prominence of about 766 metres (2,513 ft) and a topographic isolation of about 30 kilometres (19 mi). It is the tallest peak in Tolga Municipality.

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Wikidata Q950103, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1604 m

How to reach it

Coordinates62.15929, 11.35841

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Veslehøgda: 1.3 mi
  • Gråhøgda: 1.7 mi
  • Nordre Kletten: 2.9 mi
  • Søndre Kletten: 3.3 mi
  • Gråhøgda: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 16
Waterfalls: 15
  • Fallet: 2.5 mi
  • Nekfallet: 11.3 mi
  • Fallet: 12.7 mi
  • Svartbekkfallet: 13.2 mi
  • Nøstenfossen: 13.6 mi
Museums: 10
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 3
  • Solansberget: 15.6 mi
  • Strømsberget: 24.3 mi
  • Svartberget: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Verdens Største Spark: 20.4 mi
  • Tolga: 21.0 mi
  • #KOMHIT HILSEN BONDEN.: 21.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Kjøllan: 13.4 mi
  • Langrøstkjølla: 15.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Elgpiggen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nordre SålekinnaNE 43°1,595 m8.6 mi
SålekinntoppenNE 50°1,591 m8.1 mi
(del av) nordre SålekinnaNE 36°1,487 m8.5 mi
GråhøgdaSSW 212°1,436 m3.8 mi
SvartdalshøgdaN 357°1,405 m4.4 mi
GråhøgdaNNE 14°1,370 m1.7 mi
GloføkenESE 102°1,357 m5.0 mi
GloføkkampenESE 116°1,327 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:1817:2918:28
June solstice03:2221:3823:12
September equinox06:5818:2019:18
December solstice09:41—14:46

Local time (Europe/Stockholm).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/26862831

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