Skottinden
Skottinden rises to 671 m. Stjerntinden stands 938 m to the west-southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sengestokken, a peak 0.2 miles away. Lofoten passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Skottinden is a mountain in the Lofoten archipelago, in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southwestern part of the island of Vestvågøya in Vestvågøy Municipality. The 671-metre (2,201 ft) tall mountain is situated about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of the village of Ballstad and about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the Nappstraumen strait separating the islands of Vestvågøya and Flakstadøya.
The southern ridge of Skottinden has several lesser summits: Sengestokken, Blåtinden, and Munkan.
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Wikidata Q7536466, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 671 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Lofoten, National
Overlooks nearby
- Skagsanden · 6 mi
- Utsikten (Volandstinden) · 7 mi
- Preikstolen · 14 mi
- Reinehalsen · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sengestokken: 0.2 mi
- Vittingstinden: 0.5 mi
- Munkan: 0.5 mi
- Breitinden: 0.6 mi
- Nonstinden: 0.8 mi
- Ballstad Væreiermuseum: 1.4 mi
- Salteriet Galleri: 4.9 mi
- Trandamperi: 5.0 mi
- Hvalmuseum: 5.2 mi
- Hvalmuseum: 5.2 mi
- Nusfjord: 4.9 mi
- Flakstad kirke: 5.1 mi
- Glashytte: 6.1 mi
- Skulpturlandskap Nordland (Flakstad): 6.6 mi
- Lofoten Arctic Adventures: 9.5 mi
- Brattforsen: 6.5 mi
- Forsen: 10.0 mi
- Forsen: 12.3 mi
- Forsan: 12.6 mi
- Forsan: 13.2 mi
- Storeidvatnet naturreservat: 4.4 mi
- Æsholman naturreservat: 10.0 mi
- Eggum naturreservat: 15.8 mi
- Oddan naturreservat: 17.6 mi
- Borgværet landskapsvernområde: 18.6 mi
- Lofotruna: 4.7 mi
- Melkeseparator fra meieriet: 5.6 mi
- Lofoten Panorama: 5.6 mi
- Laurel leaves - Moskenes: 12.0 mi
- Hodet på Eggum: 15.6 mi
- Hjellberget: 12.9 mi
- Svaet: 13.8 mi
- Jofjellet: 13.8 mi
- Nordbergan: 18.5 mi
- Markushamran: 19.7 mi
- Gerhard Schøning 1722 - 1780: 1.2 mi
- Fishermen lost at sea on the Lofotens: 1.5 mi
- Vardene på Haugheia: 3.5 mi
- Fiskerkona: 4.3 mi
- German Radar Emplacement (World War II): 16.1 mi
- Trollskogen: 2.8 mi
- Sykehusparken: 2.8 mi
- Klokkarvika: 2.9 mi
- Rådhusparken: 5.5 mi
- Raen: 15.3 mi
- Hellsanden: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Skottinden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stjerntinden | WSW 245° | 938 m | 5.7 mi |
| Stjerntinden nordvest | WSW 247° | 934 m | 5.7 mi |
| Stortinden | W 269° | 866 m | 5.7 mi |
| Bjørntinden | WSW 251° | 802 m | 5.9 mi |
| Sautinden | WSW 258° | 794 m | 5.9 mi |
| Stabben | W 263° | 777 m | 5.8 mi |
| Tønsåsheia | SW 236° | 770.5 m | 6.3 mi |
| Pilten | W 267° | 765 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:08 | 17:07 | 18:21 |
| June solstice | Midnight sun | — | — |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 17:59 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | Polar night | — | — |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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