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Vågakallen

Vågakallen rises to 943 m. Kvanndalstinden stands 818 m to the west-southwest, 0.8 miles off. Lofoten passes 1.3 miles off.

The story

Vågakallen is a mountain in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It has a height of about 943 metres (3,094 ft), and is located in the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The mountain was first ascended by Martin Hoff Ekroll about 1885.

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Wikidata Q384313, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
943 m

How to reach it

Coordinates68.18875, 14.29506

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Kvanndalstinden: 0.8 mi
  • Glomtinden: 1.1 mi
  • Budalstinden: 1.1 mi
  • Trolldalsheia: 1.3 mi
  • Festvågtinden: 1.9 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Gunnar Berg: 7.9 mi
  • German Radar Emplacement (World War II): 18.4 mi
  • Fiskerkona: 19.9 mi
  • Vardene på Haugheia: 20.3 mi
  • Gerhard Schøning 1722 - 1780: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Skulpturlandskap Nordland (Vågan): 3.1 mi
  • Kunstholmen: 5.0 mi
  • Vågan kirke: 5.2 mi
  • Magic Ice Bar Svolvær: 7.5 mi
  • Rorbuanlegget Svolvær Havn: 7.8 mi
Artworks: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Fjøsforsen: 10.2 mi
  • Forsan: 11.8 mi
  • Forsen: 13.4 mi
  • Kvitforsen: 13.8 mi
  • Forsan: 17.2 mi
Parks: 4
  • Rådhusparken: 17.8 mi
  • Klokkarvika: 19.5 mi
  • Trollskogen: 19.6 mi
  • Sykehusparken: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Kjøttsteinan: 23.7 mi
  • Grisgjerdet: 23.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Vågakallen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KvanndalstindenWSW 245°818 m0.8 mi
KroktindenNNE 28°755 m7.4 mi
BlåtindenNNE 30°754 m7.2 mi
TorskmannenNE 35°744 m8.3 mi
SvarttindenNNE 12°736 m8.0 mi
StortindenNE 38°731 m3.5 mi
BotntindenNE 38°711 m7.9 mi
SteindalsheiaNNE 11°707 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:0517:0318:18
June solsticeMidnight sun
September equinox06:4417:5519:09
December solsticePolar night

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/26865015

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