Preikestolen
Preikestolen is a hill in Sør-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark and has an elevation of 100 metres. Preikestolen is situated nearby to the hamlet Svartaksla, as well as near the locality Jakobsnes.- Type: Hill with an elevation of 100 metres
- Description: small hill in Sør-Varanger municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Prekestolen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkenes Church and Monument to the Soviet Soldiers.
Kirkenes Church
Church
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Kirkenes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Kirkenes, just off the European route E06 highway. Kirkenes Church is situated 3½ km northwest of Preikestolen.
Monument to the Soviet Soldiers
Monument
Photo: Atylotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monument to the Soviet Soldiers is situated 3 km northwest of Preikestolen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkenes and Hesseng.
Kirkenes
Kirkenes is a town in the Finnmark region of Norway, far east near the Russian border, more or less in the end of mainland Norway. This is the last port for Hurtigruten and the end of Norway's main road E6, 2,500 km from Oslo and 3,120 km from Trelleborg.
Hesseng
Village
Hesseng is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about 5 kilometres south of the town of Kirkenes. The village of Hesseng lies at the intersection of the European route E105 and European route E6 highways. Hesseng is situated 6 km southwest of Preikestolen.
Borisoglebsky
Hamlet
Borisoglebsky is a rural locality in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic Circle, at a height of 95 meters above sea level on the Paatsjoki River. Borisoglebsky is situated 7 km south of Preikestolen.
Preikestolen
- Categories: hillock and landform
- Location: Sør-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Preikestolen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Prekestolen”
- Dutch: “Prekestolen”
- German: “Preikestolen”
- German: “Prekestolen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Preikestolen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Prekestolen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Preikestolen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prekestolen”
- Norwegian: “Preikestolen”
- Norwegian: “Prekestolen”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Sildnes and Svartakselelva.
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