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Kaldafjellet

Kaldafjellet, seen from above at true elevation

Kaldafjellet rises to 1,452 m. Vassdalseggi stands 1,658 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Steinkilenuten, a peak 1.6 miles away. Ryfylke passes 18 miles off.

The story

Kaldafjellet is a mountain on the border of Agder and Rogaland counties in southern Norway. The mountain lies on the border of Suldal Municipality (in Rogaland county) and Bykle Municipality (in Agder county). The mountain has two peaks: the eastern one lies on the municipal-county border reaching 1,452 metres (4,764 ft), while the highest point on the mountain lies less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the west, reaching a peak of 1,480 metres (4,860 ft). The prominence of the mountain is 210 metres (690 ft) and the isolation is 4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi). The mountain sits about 17 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of the village of Nesflaten, just east of the mountain Steinkilenuten (in Suldal Municipality) and it is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Hovden in Bykle Municipality. The lake Ormsavatnet lies just east of the mountain and the lake Holmevatnet.

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Wikidata Q3439147, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1452 m

How to reach it

Coordinates59.52341, 6.98041

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 44
  • Spelefossen: 7.3 mi
  • Sunnselifossen: 8.3 mi
  • Klauvfossen: 8.4 mi
  • Kjellbergfossen: 8.9 mi
  • Grunnavassfossen: 10.6 mi
Historic sites: 36
  • Heggli: 7.8 mi
  • Krokevasskvæven: 8.6 mi
  • Den flå dokki: 10.0 mi
  • Seten: 14.6 mi
  • Øygarden: 16.2 mi
Museums: 14
Artworks: 6
  • Fabrikkarbeidaren: 23.3 mi
  • Turbin: 23.6 mi
  • 1892 Skule born 1992: 23.6 mi
  • Anker: 23.6 mi
  • Turbinhjul 1: 23.7 mi
Parks: 3
  • Naturpark hovden: 13.5 mi
  • Andedammen: 23.2 mi
  • Sneath Park: 23.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Hovden Skisenter (tidligere navn): 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Maryland: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Hodnet: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Kaldafjellet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
VassdalseggiNNE 15°1,658 m17.2 mi
TrollaskeinutenN 2°1,622 m14.4 mi
BreifonnN 352°1,616 m16.0 mi
MælenN 351°1,574 m12.1 mi
SkaulenWNW 299°1,540 m16.0 mi
HellersnutenNNW 337°1,492 m14.9 mi
LeirnutenSW 229°1,486 m2.9 mi
MidnutenN 352°1,463 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3517:5118:45
June solstice04:1421:3822:55
September equinox07:1718:4119:35
December solstice09:3013:3515:31

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11399704199

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