Svolværgeita
Svolværgeita rises to 356 m. Rulten stands 1,064 m to the northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Fløya, a peak 0.4 miles away. Lofoten passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Geita or Svolværgeita (Northern Sami: Spålla) is a 150-metre (490 ft) tall pinnacle at the southwest face of the mountain Fløyfjellet on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The 569-metre (1,867 ft) high Fløyfjellet is located on the edge of the town of Svolvær in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The first recorded time a climber reached the summit of Svolværgeita was on 1 August 1910 by Ferdinand Schjelderup, Alf Bonnevie Bryn, and Carl Wilhelm Rubenson.
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Wikidata Q7652784, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 356 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Lofoten, National
Overlooks nearby
- Djevelporten · 1 mi
- Austnesfjorden · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fløya: 0.4 mi
- Frosken: 0.4 mi
- Blåtinden: 0.6 mi
- Svolen: 0.7 mi
- Tuva: 1.1 mi
- Rorbuanlegget Svolvær Havn: 1.0 mi
- Magic Ice Bar Svolvær: 1.3 mi
- Vågan kirke: 3.4 mi
- Kunstholmen: 3.8 mi
- Skulpturlandskap Nordland (Vågan): 9.8 mi
- Gunnar Berg: 1.0 mi
- Strønstad fort: 13.9 mi
- Melbu kystfort: 17.7 mi
- Fiskerbautaen: 18.4 mi
- 22. juli monument Melbu: 18.5 mi
- Fuglbergøya / Nautøya naturreservat: 6.7 mi
- Laukvikøyene naturreservat: 9.1 mi
- Lågen naturreservat: 11.8 mi
- Grunnfør dyrefredningsområde: 11.8 mi
- Seløya naturreservat: 15.0 mi
- Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum: 1.2 mi
- Lofotakvariet: 4.5 mi
- Kaviar Factory: 11.8 mi
- Norsk Fiskeindustrimuseum: 18.1 mi
- Vesterålsmuseet: 18.6 mi
- Melbu Musikkpaviljong: 18.4 mi
- Frydenlundsparken: 18.5 mi
- Melbuparken: 18.5 mi
- Parkplassen: 18.5 mi
- Museumshagen: 18.6 mi
- Fjøsforsen: 2.5 mi
- Kvitforsen: 7.4 mi
- Forsan: 19.4 mi
- Forsen: 20.7 mi
- Svartskarforsen: 22.2 mi
- Fiskarkona: 1.7 mi
- Kong Øystein: 4.0 mi
- Unten Tittel - Skulpturlandskap Nordland: 8.4 mi
- Hodet på Eggum: 24.7 mi
- Kollvika: 21.2 mi
- Kjøttsteinan: 22.5 mi
- Grisgjerdet: 22.8 mi
- Trollskåla: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Svolværgeita. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rulten | NE 54° | 1,064 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rundfjellet | N 349° | 803 m | 3.0 mi |
| Breitind | N 4° | 762 m | 5.6 mi |
| Kroktinden | WNW 303° | 755 m | 4.8 mi |
| Heggedalstinden | E 82° | 751 m | 6.6 mi |
| Torskmannen | NW 316° | 744 m | 3.9 mi |
| Svarttinden | NW 304° | 736 m | 7.0 mi |
| Stortinden | WSW 257° | 731 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:03 | 17:02 | 18:17 |
| June solstice | Midnight sun | — | — |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 17:54 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | Polar night | — | — |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1649780256
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