Kvinnefossen
Kvinnefossen, sometimes written Kvinnafossen, is a waterfall of the river Kvinna in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. County Road 55 runs right past the 200-metre falls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Per Olav Bøyum, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leikanger powerplant.
Leikanger powerplant
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leikanger powerplant is a power station, which is situated 3½ km east of Kvinnefossen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balestrand and Feios.
Balestrand
Photo: Nelson Minar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balestrand is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn.
Feios
Village
Photo: Eirik Solheim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Feios is a village in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the Sognefjorden, about 8 kilometres southeast of the village of Vangsnes and about 17 kilometres northwest of the village of Fresvik. Feios is situated 9 km southeast of Kvinnefossen.
Kvinnefossen
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Sogndal, Norway
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: Sogndal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.21085° or 61° 12′ 39″ northLongitude
6.64801° or 6° 38′ 53″ eastElevation
420 metres (1,378 feet)Open location code
9FH86J6X+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 11031328089OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
9059128Wikidata ID
Q3443628
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Kvinnefossen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kvinnefossen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kvinnafossen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kvinnefossen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvinnafossen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvinnefossen”
- Norwegian: “Kvinnefossen”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kvinna and Kvinnafossen.
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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 “Kvinnefossen”. Photo: Per Olav Bøyum, CC BY 2.0.