Hornelen
Hornelen rises to 860 m. Keipen stands 1,362 m to the southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Vestre Hornelen, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Hornelen is a mountain in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The mountain sits on the eastern end of the island of Bremangerlandet, along the Frøysjøen strait, in the Nordfjord region. At 860 metres (2,820 ft), it is the highest sea cliff in Europe (see illustration below), and has for a long time been used as a landmark for naval navigation.
The horizontal distance from the summit to the sea is approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft). Approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the west of the cliffside is the highest point on the island Bremangerlandet, called Svartevassegga which has an elevation of 889 metres (2,917 ft). The rock in Hornelen consists of sandstone of Devonian age, and it constitutes an important part of the geology of Norway.
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Wikidata Q1780789, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 860 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Vestre Hornelen: 0.8 mi
- Uraheia: 1.0 mi
- Svartevassegga: 1.3 mi
- Sæternipa: 2.6 mi
- Verpeneset: 3.5 mi
- Fossen: 4.3 mi
- Otretufossen: 4.3 mi
- Sørdalsfossen: 5.7 mi
- Fossen: 6.1 mi
- Storefossen: 6.2 mi
- Skorpeholmane naturreservat: 2.6 mi
- Tennøyane naturreservat: 8.1 mi
- Førdspollen naturreservat: 8.2 mi
- Flatholmen naturreservat: 9.6 mi
- Lysholmen naturreservat: 10.2 mi
- Rugsundøy kystfort på Tangane: 2.3 mi
- Vemmelsvik kystfort: 4.1 mi
- Skarstein kystfort: 5.7 mi
- Blaali fort: 6.0 mi
- Aspenes kystfort: 8.2 mi
- Moldøen Diskgolf park: 6.5 mi
- Lingeparken: 6.8 mi
- Skarevika: 9.6 mi
- Lekeplass: 18.7 mi
- Samfunnshusparken: 18.9 mi
- Tyske kanonstillinger: 6.5 mi
- Kannesteinen: 9.8 mi
- Kvalheim 62° N 5° E: 12.6 mi
- Selja kloster: 13.6 mi
- Torheim Småbåtshavn: 17.2 mi
- Sildaguten: 7.0 mi
- Olavssteinen: 13.5 mi
- Til Førde: 19.0 mi
- The fisherman: 19.0 mi
- Kronhjort som brøler: 19.0 mi
- Lynghaugsanden: 8.3 mi
- Vetvika: 10.6 mi
- Refviksanden: 11.4 mi
- Botnelabo: 13.7 mi
- Sørstranda: 19.8 mi
- Valborgsamlinga: 15.3 mi
- Sanitetsbunkeren: 19.2 mi
- Kystmuseet: 19.6 mi
- Skolemuseum: 21.3 mi
- Sagastad: 24.2 mi
- Bjørnastighammaren: 2.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Hornelen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keipen | SE 145° | 1,362 m | 9.9 mi |
| Snønyken | ESE 113° | 1,241 m | 11.3 mi |
| Hjelmen | SE 143° | 1,215 m | 7.8 mi |
| Rikeloftet | SSE 165° | 1,143 m | 9.3 mi |
| Klakegga | E 87° | 1,093 m | 11.3 mi |
| Inste Aksla | E 86° | 1,058 m | 11.1 mi |
| Ytste Aksla | E 86° | 1,049 m | 10.8 mi |
| Troda | E 81° | 953 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 17:54 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 03:51 | 22:00 | 23:32 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:44 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 10:02 | — | 15:14 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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