Hovdestaul
Hovdestaul is a locality in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet and has an elevation of 938 metres. Hovdestaul is situated nearby to the locality Storstaul, as well as near Øvstestaul.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
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 tall waterfall is located on the river Måna, about five kilometres to the west of the town of Rjukan. Rjukan Falls is situated 3 km southwest of Hovdestaul.
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.
Hovdestaul
- Type: Locality
- Categories: historic site and mountain pasture
- Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.88659° or 59° 53′ 12″ northLongitude
8.50813° or 8° 30′ 29″ eastElevation
938 metres (3,077 feet)Open location code
9FFCVGP5+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 5640570990OpenStreetMap feature
historic=shielingOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
9837446
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In Other Languages
“Hovdestaul” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Hovdestaul”
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