Preikestolen
Preikestolen or Prekestolen is a tourist attraction in Strand Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Preikestolen is a steep cliff which rises 604 metres above Lysefjorden.
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 604 metres
- Description: steep cliff in Norway
- Also known as: “Pulpit Rock” and “Pulpit Rock, Norway”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fossmark power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forsand and Jørpeland.
Forsand
Jørpeland
Town
Jørpeland is the administrative centre of Strand Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located on the western coast of the mainland, along the shore of the Idsefjorden, about 20 kilometres northeast of the city of Stavanger. Jørpeland is situated 9 km northwest of Preikestolen.
Preikestolen
- Categories: promontory and landform
- Location: Sandnes, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.98614° or 58° 59′ 10″ north
Longitude
6.19052° or 6° 11′ 26″ east
Elevation
604 metres (1,982 feet)
Open location code
9FC8X5PR+F6
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Preikestolen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بريكستولن”
- Arabic: “صخرة بريكستولن”
- Armenian: “Պրեքեսթուլեն”
- Basque: “Preikestolen”
- Bengali: “প্রাইকেস্টোলেন”
- Catalan: “Preikestolen”
- Cebuano: “Preikestolen”
- Chinese: “佈道台”
- Chinese: “圣坛岩”
- Chinese: “圣坛峭壁”
- Chinese: “布道台”
- Chinese: “普莱克斯托伦峰”
- Chinese: “普萊克斯托倫峰”
- Chinese: “祈祷峰”
- Chinese: “祈禱峰”
- Chinese: “聖壇岩”
- Chinese: “聖壇峭壁”
- Czech: “Hyvlatonnå”
- Czech: “Preikestolen”
- Danish: “Prædikestolen”
- Danish: “Preikestolen”
- Dutch: “Preikestolen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بريكستولن”
- Esperanto: “Preikestolen”
- Finnish: “Preikestolen”
- French: “Hyvlatanna”
- French: “Hyvlatånnå”
- French: “Hyvlatonna”
- French: “Hyvlatonnå”
- French: “Preikestolen”
- French: “Prekeistolen”
- German: “Preikestolen”
- Hebrew: “פרקסטולן”
- Hebrew: “צוק הכס”
- Hebrew: “צוק כס המטיף”
- Hungarian: “Szószék-szikla”
- Icelandic: “Predikunarstóllinn”
- Indonesian: “Preikestolen”
- Italian: “Hyvlatonna”
- Italian: “Hyvlatonnå”
- Italian: “Preikestolen”
- Japanese: “プレーケストーレン”
- Korean: “프레이케스톨렌”
- Lithuanian: “Preikestolenas”
- Lithuanian: “Prekestulenas”
- Macedonian: “Прејкестолен”
- Macedonian: “Прејкестулен”
- Macedonian: “Проповедница”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Preikestolen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Preikestolen”
- Norwegian: “Preikestolen”
- Persian: “پریکستولن”
- Polish: “Hyvlatonnå”
- Polish: “Preikestolen”
- Portuguese: “Preikestolen”
- Romanian: “Preikestolen”
- Russian: “Прекестулен”
- Slovenian: “Preikestolen”
- Spanish: “Preikestolen”
- Swedish: “Preikestolen”
- Turkish: “Preikestolen”
- Ukrainian: “Прейкестолен”
- Venetian: “Preikestolen”
- Vietnamese: “Preikestolen”
- Western Frisian: “Preikestolen”
- “Preikestolen”
- “Prekestolen”
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