Kvasstinden
Kvasstinden rises to 705 m. Snøkolla stands 763 m to the southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosstuva, a peak 0.4 miles away. Andøya passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
Kvasstinden is the highest mountain on the island of Andøya in the Vesterålen archipelago in northern Norway. It is located in the southern part of Andøy Municipality in Nordland county. The mountain is 705 metres (2,313 ft) tall.
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Wikidata Q6449665, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 705 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Andøya, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kleivodden · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rosstuva: 0.4 mi
- Disken: 0.8 mi
- Sandnesberget: 1.6 mi
- Høgtinden: 1.9 mi
- Norddalsheia: 2.0 mi
- Sørmela naturreservat: 5.2 mi
- Grunnfjorden naturreservat: 6.4 mi
- Risøysundet naturreservat: 7.3 mi
- Forfjorden naturreservat: 9.0 mi
- Høljanmyra naturreservat: 9.3 mi
- Aaknes kystfort: 3.9 mi
- "Hvalen": 9.7 mi
- Krigsminnemerke: 9.9 mi
- Torstein Reinholdtsen: 11.7 mi
- Skulpurlandskap Nordland (Sortland): 16.4 mi
- Lakseblikkan: 8.6 mi
- Bjørnfossen: 10.5 mi
- Høgfossen: 10.5 mi
- Storfossen: 12.6 mi
- Skinnforsen: 16.4 mi
- Risøyhamn bygdetun: 4.8 mi
- Øksnes museum: 5.4 mi
- Jennestad Handelssted: 13.1 mi
- Sortland museum: 16.2 mi
- Tinden: 19.1 mi
- Table bench: 5.1 mi
- Table bench: 5.5 mi
- Havneparken: 10.1 mi
- Table bench: 10.3 mi
- Table bench: 10.4 mi
- Hushammarn: 17.9 mi
- Perhågen: 24.7 mi
- Skinnhallarn: 24.7 mi
- Åsen: 24.8 mi
- Arctic Whale Tours - Stø: 10.8 mi
- Bukkekjerka: 12.2 mi
- Inga Sámi Siida: 14.6 mi
- Sortland, Risvatnet: 21.3 mi
- Tjeldnesbukta: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Kvasstinden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snøkolla | SW 229° | 763 m | 9.5 mi |
| Klotinden | WNW 285° | 671 m | 10.3 mi |
| Gavltinden | SSW 194° | 662 m | 2.2 mi |
| Kvålkvanntotinden | SSW 212° | 654 m | 8.3 mi |
| Jennskardtinden | WNW 284° | 654 m | 10.7 mi |
| Nattmålstinden | SW 235° | 647 m | 7.7 mi |
| Rosstuva | ESE 122° | 643 m | 0.4 mi |
| Disken | SE 133° | 639 m | 0.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:00 | 16:56 | 18:13 |
| June solstice | Midnight sun | — | — |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 17:48 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | Polar night | — | — |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/26863461
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