Kalven
Kalven rises to 2,034 m. Skardstinden stands 2,374 m to the northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Skeie, a peak 0.4 miles away. Sognefjellet passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Kalven is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,034-metre (6,673 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about 33 kilometres (21 mi) northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain lies in the Smørstabbtindene mountains and it is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Gravdalstinden to the south; Storebjørn and Stetinden to the southeast; Veslebjørn to the east; and Sokse, Kviven, and Store Smørstabbtinden to the northeast. The mountain peak is surrounded by a glacier.
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Wikidata Q3443555, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2034 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fantestein · 3 mi
- Leirdalen · 8 mi
- Sengaberget · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Skeie: 0.4 mi
- Veslebjørn: 0.8 mi
- Sokse: 1.1 mi
- Sauen: 1.1 mi
- Storebjørn: 1.1 mi
- Hillerhø: 4.1 mi
- Tungehaugane: 4.9 mi
- Gjertvasshaugen: 6.7 mi
- Vassendbergje: 8.2 mi
- Øvre Høgberg: 8.6 mi
- Fannaråkfossen: 6.6 mi
- Dumfossen: 7.3 mi
- Høyfossen: 8.0 mi
- Skautefossen: 8.6 mi
- Midtmaradalsfossen: 10.4 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 12.0 mi
- Utladalen Naturhus: 16.0 mi
- N.H.Lerums Saftfabrik: 22.1 mi
- Lom bygdamuseum: 24.6 mi
- Norsk Fjellsenter: 24.8 mi
- Sagasøyla: 11.9 mi
- Svein Kvitingen: 21.9 mi
- 1919 Skjak Energi: 23.3 mi
- 4. World Rover Moot Skjåk 1949: 23.4 mi
- Reinsbukken: 13.6 mi
- Wittgenstein-monumentet: 15.8 mi
- Sankthansbålet: 17.3 mi
- Rallarmonumentet: 19.4 mi
- Lykkja naturreservat naturreservat: 18.1 mi
- Bargarden naturreservat: 21.8 mi
- Smådalsvatni naturreservat: 23.9 mi
- Gjendebu: 14.5 mi
- Wittgenstein-huset: 16.2 mi
- Nedre Oscarshaug: 10.1 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 14.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Kalven. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skardstinden | NE 44° | 2,374 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bukkehøe | ENE 57° | 2,314 m | 6.4 mi |
| Store Tverråtinden | ENE 57° | 2,308 m | 7.8 mi |
| Ymmelstinden | NE 50° | 2,305 m | 7.9 mi |
| Visbreatinden | ESE 102° | 2,234 m | 7.8 mi |
| Storebjørn | ESE 109° | 2,222 m | 1.1 mi |
| Store Bukkeholstinden | ENE 75° | 2,213 m | 6.9 mi |
| Store Smørstabbtinden | NNE 22° | 2,208 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:43 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 03:44 | 21:47 | 23:16 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:33 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 09:47 | — | 15:06 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/3580926996
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