Kniven
Kniven rises to 2,133 m. Skardstinden stands 2,374 m to the northeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sauen, a peak 0.2 miles away. Sognefjellet passes 3.0 miles off.
The story
Kniven is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,133-metre (6,998 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 Rundhøe to the east; Stetinden and Stehøe to the southeast; Sokse, Veslebjørn, Storebjørn to the south; Kalven to the southwest; and Store Smørstabbtinden to the north.
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Wikidata Q3443033, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2133 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fantestein · 4 mi
- Leirdalen · 7 mi
- Sengaberget · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sauen: 0.2 mi
- Store Smørstabbtinden: 0.3 mi
- Sokse: 0.5 mi
- Skeie: 0.9 mi
- Veslebjørn: 0.9 mi
- Hillerhø: 5.3 mi
- Tungehaugane: 6.1 mi
- Vassendbergje: 7.2 mi
- Øvre Høgberg: 7.4 mi
- Gjertvasshaugen: 7.9 mi
- Dumfossen: 6.1 mi
- Høyfossen: 6.9 mi
- Fannaråkfossen: 7.7 mi
- Skautefossen: 9.6 mi
- Hellerfossen: 11.2 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 10.8 mi
- Utladalen Naturhus: 17.2 mi
- N.H.Lerums Saftfabrik: 23.1 mi
- Lom bygdamuseum: 23.4 mi
- Norsk Fjellsenter: 23.6 mi
- Lykkja naturreservat naturreservat: 19.3 mi
- Bargarden naturreservat: 22.7 mi
- Smådalsvatni naturreservat: 22.8 mi
- Risheimøyi naturreservat: 24.1 mi
- Åsjo naturreservat: 24.3 mi
- Sagasøyla: 10.7 mi
- Svein Kvitingen: 21.5 mi
- 1919 Skjak Energi: 22.2 mi
- 4. World Rover Moot Skjåk 1949: 22.3 mi
- Reinsbukken: 14.2 mi
- Wittgenstein-monumentet: 16.7 mi
- Sankthansbålet: 18.2 mi
- Rallarmonumentet: 20.6 mi
- Gjendebu: 14.4 mi
- Wittgenstein-huset: 17.2 mi
- Nedre Oscarshaug: 11.1 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 14.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Kniven. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skardstinden | NE 46° | 2,374 m | 6.5 mi |
| Storjuvtinden | NE 52° | 2,344 m | 7.0 mi |
| Bukkehøe | ENE 62° | 2,314 m | 5.3 mi |
| Store Tverråtinden | ENE 61° | 2,308 m | 6.7 mi |
| Ymmelstinden | NE 52° | 2,305 m | 6.8 mi |
| Midtre Tverråtinden | ENE 63° | 2,302 m | 7.0 mi |
| Bakarste Storgrovhøe | NE 42° | 2,259 m | 7.0 mi |
| Storgrovtinden | NE 42° | 2,229 m | 6.9 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/3580926997
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