Hestegrøa

Hestegrøa is a locality in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet and has an elevation of 1,149 metres. Hestegrøa is situated nearby to the locality Stavsro, as well as near Blånipa.

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.

Hestegrøa

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Hestegroa” and “Hestegrøi”
Categories: historic site and mountain pasture
Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.84203° or 59° 50′ 31″ north

Longitude

8.72896° or 8° 43′ 44″ east

Elevation

1,149 metres (3,770 feet)

Open location code

9FFCRPRH+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5640571190

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=shieling

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

9843733

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In Other Languages

“Hestegrøa” goes by many names.

Norwegian: “Hestegrøa”

Localities in the Area

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