Øvstestaul
Øvstestaul is a locality in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet and has an elevation of 972 metres. Øvstestaul is situated nearby to the locality Storstaul, as well as near Hovdestaul.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 Øvstestaul.
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, 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 4 km east of Øvstestaul.
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.
Øvstestaul
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Ovstestaul”
- Categories: historic site and mountain pasture
- Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.88771° or 59° 53′ 16″ northLongitude
8.51653° or 8° 30′ 60″ eastElevation
972 metres (3,189 feet)Open location code
9FFCVGQ8+3JOpenStreetMap ID
node 5640569192OpenStreetMap feature
historic=shielingOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
9837448
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In Other Languages
“Øvstestaul” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Øvstestaul”
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