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Skarddalseggje

Skarddalseggje, seen from above at true elevation

Skarddalseggje rises to 2,161 m. Store Hellstugutinden stands 2,347 m to the northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Skarddalstinden, a peak 0.7 miles away. Sognefjellet passes 12 miles off.

The story

Skarddalseggje is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,161-metre (7,090 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the village of Fossbergom and about 32 kilometres (20 mi) northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Storådalshøe to the east; Store Rauddalseggje to the south; Skarddalstinden to the west; Austre Høgvagltinden and Høgvagltindane to the northwest; Kyrkja, Kyrkjeoksle, Langvasshøe, and Visbreatinden to the north; and Urdadalstindan and Semeltinden to the northeast.

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Wikidata Q3443080, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2161 m

How to reach it

Coordinates61.48512, 8.33954

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
  • Hillerhø: 9.6 mi
  • Tungehaugane: 10.2 mi
  • Kyrkjesteigen: 12.8 mi
  • Øvre Høgberg: 12.9 mi
  • Kyrkjestigen: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Hellerfossen: 2.4 mi
  • Dumfossen: 12.1 mi
  • Midtmaradalsfossen: 13.0 mi
  • Fannaråkfossen: 13.6 mi
  • Høyfossen: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Sagasøyla: 15.2 mi
  • Kvernhusa ved Leine: 23.6 mi
  • Stiftsstøtta: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Brandbustrønde: 7.2 mi
  • Kløvningadn: 23.2 mi
Museums: 2
  • Klimapark 2469: 13.0 mi
  • Utladalen Naturhus: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Nedre Oscarshaug: 17.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Skarddalseggje. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Store HellstugutindenNE 35°2,347 m5.0 mi
Midtre HellstugutindenNNE 31°2,339 m5.4 mi
Vestre Memurutinden V-1NE 39°2,280 m6.5 mi
Nestsøre HellstugutindenNE 39°2,255 m4.7 mi
Vestre Memurutinden V-3NE 41°2,243 m6.1 mi
SemeltindenNE 48°2,237 m2.9 mi
VisbreatindenN 358°2,234 m3.1 mi
Vestre Memurutinden V-4NE 47°2,230 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:4318:40
June solstice03:4421:4523:14
September equinox07:1018:3319:30
December solstice09:45—15:06

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/26864671

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