Kjerag
Kjerag or Kiragg is a mountain in the Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 1,110-metre tall mountain sits on the southern shore of Lysefjorden, just southwest of the village of Lysebotn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Vikingstad, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kjeragbolten and Tjodan Hydroelectric Power Station.
Kjeragbolten
Stone
Photo: Uwe Trottmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kjeragbolten is a boulder on the mountain Kjerag in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The rock itself is a 5-cubic-metre glacial deposit wedged in a large crevice in the mountain.
Tjodan Hydroelectric Power Station
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tjodan Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in Forsand, Rogaland, Norway. It operates at an installed capacity of 110 MW, with an average annual production of about 310 GW·h.
Kjerag
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,110 metres
- Description: mountain in Norway
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Sandnes, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.02632° or 59° 1′ 35″ northLongitude
6.59568° or 6° 35′ 45″ eastElevation
1,110 metres (3,642 feet)Open location code
9FF82HGW+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2412156126OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Kjerag from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Kjerag” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kjerag”
- Cebuano: “Kjerag”
- Chinese: “謝拉格山”
- Chinese: “谢拉格山”
- Czech: “Kiragg”
- Czech: “Kjerag”
- Czech: “Kjeragbolten”
- Danish: “Kjerag”
- Dutch: “Kjerag”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كچيراج”
- Esperanto: “Kjerag”
- Finnish: “Kjerag”
- French: “Kjerag”
- German: “Kjerag”
- German: “Kjeragbolten”
- Hebrew: “קייראג”
- Hebrew: “שראג”
- Italian: “Kjerag”
- Italian: “Kjeragbolten”
- Ladin: “Kjerag”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kjerag”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kjeragbolten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kjerag或Kiragg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kjerrag”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kjerag”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kjeragbolten”
- Norwegian: “Kiragg”
- Norwegian: “Kjerag”
- Polish: “Kjerag”
- Russian: “Хьераг”
- Spanish: “Kjerag”
- Turkish: “Kjerag”
- Venetian: “Kjeragbolten”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Geitaneset and Kjerag Emergency Shelter.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kjeragbolten Viewpoint and Kjerag.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Kjerag”. Photo: Kjwathne, CC BY 3.0.