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Møysalen

Møysalen rises to 1,262 m. Reinspælen stands 1,118 m to the northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rautinden, a peak 1.3 miles away.

The story

Møysalen is a mountain in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the border of Sortland Municipality and Lødingen Municipality. At 1,262 metres (4,140 ft) tall, it is the highest mountain on the island of Hinnøya and the second highest mountain on any island in Norway. The mountain is located within Møysalen National Park, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) straight east of the villages of Hennes and Kaldjorda in Hadsel Municipality.

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Wikidata Q1834081, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1262 m

How to reach it

Coordinates68.52606, 15.45215

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Rautinden: 1.3 mi
  • Fisketinden: 1.8 mi
  • Totinden: 2.0 mi
  • Forkledalstindan: 2.4 mi
  • Tretinden: 2.6 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Forsen: 3.3 mi
  • Svartskarforsen: 8.4 mi
  • Øverfossen: 8.8 mi
  • Nerfossen: 8.9 mi
  • Storfossen: 10.8 mi
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 13
Parks: 13
  • Fotballbanen: 11.0 mi
  • Frydenlundparken: 11.6 mi
  • Frydenlundparken: 11.6 mi
  • Torget: 13.9 mi
  • Lille Byparken: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Lars-Petterlia: 9.1 mi
  • Pålberget: 9.9 mi
  • Skjellhågen: 10.3 mi
  • Skinnhallarn: 10.3 mi
  • Perhågen: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Skipsnausthaug: 11.7 mi
  • Hadsel kirke: 11.7 mi
  • Den Sorte Gryte: 12.3 mi
  • Inga Sámi Siida: 13.4 mi
  • Skulpturlandskap Nordland / Bruparken: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 3
Artworks: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Møysalen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ReinspælenNE 53°1,118 m7.8 mi
TverrelvtindanNE 52°1,118 m7.8 mi
StortindenNE 40°1,020 m7.0 mi
DurmålstindenSSW 211°1,004 m2.7 mi
BotntindanE 100°977 m5.5 mi
LøbergdalstindanENE 70°969 m5.1 mi
LøbergsdalstindanENE 68°965 m5.2 mi
VestpollenESE 102°956 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:0016:5818:13
June solsticeMidnight sun
September equinox06:3917:5019:05
December solsticePolar night

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/26864025

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