Rånåberg

Rånåberg is a hill in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet and has an elevation of 864 metres. Rånåberg is situated nearby to the locality Fuglestein, as well as near Nystaul.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vemork and Rjukan Falls.

Vemork

Power station

Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant and a museum outside the town of Rjukan in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer.

Rjukan Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Kristin, CC BY 2.0.

Rjukan Falls or Rjukanfossen is a waterfall in the western part of the Vestfjorddalen valley in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 104-metre waterfall is located on the river Måna, about five kilometres west of the town of Rjukan.

Rjukan Station

Railway station

Photo: Bergenga, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rjukan Station is the terminal railway station of the Rjukan Line, located at Rjukan in Tinn Municipality, Norway. The station opened as part of the railway on 9 August 1909 as Saaheim, until renaming to Rjukan on 15 November 1912. Rjukan Station is situated 3½ km east of Rånåberg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rjukan.

Rjukan

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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

Rånåberg

Type: Hill with an elevation of 864 metres
Also known as: “Ranaberg”
Category: landform
Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.87172° or 59° 52′ 18″ north

Longitude

8.51946° or 8° 31′ 10″ east

Elevation

864 metres (2,835 feet)

Open location code

9FFCVGC9+MQ

GeoNames ID

9402660

Wikidata ID

Q31264714

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Norwegian—“Rånåberg” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Rånåberg”
Dutch: “Rånåberg”
Norwegian: “Rånåberg”

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