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Kistenuten

Kistenuten, seen from above at true elevation

Kistenuten rises to 1,648 m. Sandfloegga stands 1,721 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Vassdalseggi, a peak 1.4 miles away. Ryfylke passes 12 miles off.

The story

Kistenuten is a 1,648-metre (5,407 ft) tall mountain in southern Norway. It is located in the Ryfylkeheiane mountains at the tripoint border of three different counties (and three municipalities): Suldal Municipality in Rogaland county, Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, and Vinje Municipality in Telemark county. The mountain is the fourth tallest mountain in Telemark county, the second tallest in Rogaland county, but it is not even in the top 25 tallest mountains in Vestland county. The mountain Sandfloegga lies about 18 kilometres (11 mi) to the north, inside Hardangervidda National Park.

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Wikidata Q3197524, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1648 m

How to reach it

Coordinates59.78278, 7.09651

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Vassdalseggi: 1.4 mi
  • Kaldevassrustene: 3.3 mi
  • Sveigen: 3.8 mi
  • Kjelatind: 4.0 mi
  • Trollaskeinuten: 4.9 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • Tjønnlega: 4.9 mi
  • Botnelega: 6.5 mi
  • Hestevollen: 6.8 mi
  • Skåfonnlega: 6.9 mi
  • Bakkelega: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Isfossen: 2.3 mi
  • Kjellbergfossen: 11.1 mi
  • Spelefossen: 11.2 mi
  • Klauvfossen: 11.2 mi
  • Sunnselifossen: 11.2 mi
Museums: 6
Attractions: 3
  • Hovden Skisenter (tidligere navn): 17.2 mi
  • Låtefoss: 21.1 mi
  • Oddmundsteinen: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Steinbord: 16.6 mi
  • Maryland: 20.1 mi
Artworks: 1
Parks: 1
  • Naturpark hovden: 18.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Kistenuten. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SandfloeggaN 9°1,721 m11.4 mi
StavsnutenNNW 331°1,661 m6.1 mi
Store NupNNE 12°1,661 m6.2 mi
VassdalseggiSSE 160°1,658 m1.4 mi
MiddalsnutenN 358°1,640 m14.7 mi
ReinsnosiNW 315°1,639 m14.6 mi
TrollaskeinutenSW 224°1,622 m4.9 mi
BreifonnWSW 251°1,616 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3517:5018:45
June solstice04:1121:3922:58
September equinox07:1618:4019:35
December solstice09:3213:2615:28

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/633035976

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