Hovdestaul

Hovdestaul is a locality in , , and has an elevation of 905 metres. Hovdestaul is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gaustatoppen and Dal Church.

Peak
Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY 3.0.
is a mountain in the county of , . The 1,883-metre tall mountain is located on the south side of the town of and is the highest mountain in . is situated 3 km southwest of Hovdestaul.

Church
Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY 3.0.
is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tinn Municipality in county, . It is located in the town of . 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.

Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rjukan.

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

Hovdestaul

Latitude
59.87106° or 59° 52′ 16″ north
Longitude
8.69575° or 8° 41′ 45″ east
Elevation
905 metres (2,969 feet)
Open location code
9FFCVMCW+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5640571937
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­shieling
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
9843723
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In Other Languages

“Hovdestaul” goes by many names.
  • Norwegian: “Hovdestaul”

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