Hovdestaul
Hovdestaul is a locality in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet and has an elevation of 905 metres. Hovdestaul is situated nearby to the locality Løkjestaulnuten, as well as near Myrestaulhovda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gaustatoppen and Dal Church.
Gaustatoppen
Peak
Gaustatoppen is a mountain in the county of Telemark, Norway. The 1,883-metre tall mountain is located on the south side of the town of Rjukan and is the highest mountain in Telemark. Gaustatoppen is situated 3 km southwest of Hovdestaul.
Dal Church
Church
Dal Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Rjukan. It is one of the churches for the Rjukan parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rjukan.
Rjukan
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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
59.87106° or 59° 52′ 16″ northLongitude
8.69575° or 8° 41′ 45″ eastElevation
905 metres (2,969 feet)Open location code
9FFCVMCW+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 5640571937OpenStreetMap feature
historic=shielingOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
9843723
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In Other Languages
“Hovdestaul” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Hovdestaul”
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Localities in the Area
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