Kolsås
Kolsås, sometimes called Kolsaas, is a hill in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Geologically, Kolsås belongs to the Oslo Graben area. Its two peaks consist of hard rhomb porphyric lava covering softer rocks, forming steep cliffs to the east, south and west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 387 metres
- Description: mountain in Norway
- Also known as: “Kolsaas”, “Nordre Kolsas / Varden”, and “Nordre Kolsås / Varden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kolsåstoppen and Dalbo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dønski and Blommenholm.
Dønski
Suburb
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dønski is a village in Bærum, Akershus, Norway. Dønski is situated 3 km south of Kolsås.
Blommenholm
Suburb
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Blommenholm is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population is 2,936. It is served by the train station Blommenholm on the Drammen Line. The station is located 12.23 kilometres from Oslo Central Station. Blommenholm is situated 3½ km southeast of Kolsås.
Bekkestua
Suburb
Bekkestua is a town in the municipality of Bærum, Norway, with a busy bus terminal and a station on one of Oslo's westbound T-bane lines, Kolsåsbanen. It also has its own library, police station and fire station. Bekkestua is situated 4 km east of Kolsås.
Kolsås
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Bærum, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kolsås” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kolsås”
- Dutch: “Kolsås”
- French: “Kolsås”
- Japanese: “コルサース”
- Japanese: “コルソス”
- Javanese: “Kolsås”
- Korean: “콜소스산”
- Ladin: “Kolsås”
- Malay: “Kolsås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “KIF-hytta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kolsås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kolsåstoppen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kolsås”
- Norwegian: “Kolsås”
- Spanish: “Kolsås”
- Swedish: “Kolsås”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kolsås”. Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.