East Norway
Telemark
Tinn

Rjukan Falls

Rjukan Falls or Rjukanfossen is a waterfall in the western part of the valley in Tinn Municipality in county, . The 104-metre tall waterfall is located on the river Måna, about five kilometres to the west of the town of .
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  • Type: Waterfall (intermittent)
  • Description: waterfall in Tinn, Telemark, Norway
  • Also known as: “Rjukanfossen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vemork.

Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hydroelectric power plant and a museum outside the town of in Tinn Municipality in county, . The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rjukan.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a town in the Tinn municipality of , . The town was founded in 1908 by Sam Eyde, who started the plan of building a city from scratch, after buying the renowned waterfall to make electric power for fertilizer production.

Rjukan Falls

Latitude
59.86644° or 59° 51′ 59″ north
Longitude
8.47897° or 8° 28′ 44″ east
Elevation
687 metres (2,254 feet)
Open location code
9FFCVF8H+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5438185021
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
Geo­Names ID
9060178
Wiki­data ID
Q986495
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Satellite Map

Discover Rjukan Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Rjukan Falls” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Rjukanfossen”
  • Danish: “Rjukanfossen”
  • Dutch: “Rjukanfossen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رچوكانفوسين”
  • French: “Rjukanfossen”
  • German: “Rjukanfossen”
  • Japanese: “リューカンフォッセン”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rjukanfossen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rjukanfossen”
  • Norwegian: “Rjukanfossen”
  • Persian: “آبشار ریوکان فوسن”
  • Persian: “آبشار ریوکان‌فوسن”
  • Persian: “ابشار ریوکان فوسن”
  • Russian: “Рьюканфоссен”
  • Swedish: “Rjukanfossen”
  • Ukrainian: “Рюканфоссен”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Myrstaul and Krokan.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum Vemork and Heavy Water Cellar.

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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 “Rjukan Falls”. Photo: Kristin, CC BY 2.0.