Vinnufossen
Vinnufossen or Vinnufallet is one of the tallest waterfalls in Europe and the eighth-tallest in the world. The 845 m tall tiered horsetail waterfall is located just east of the village of Sunndalsøra in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carl S Bj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kongskrona and Dronningkrona.
Kongskrona
Peak
Kongskrona is a 1,818-metre tall mountain peak in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the higher of the two peaks on the main mountain Vinnufjellet. Kongskrona is situated 3 km north of Vinnufossen.
Dronningkrona
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Dronningkrona is a 1,816-metre tall mountain peak in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is one of the two peaks on the main mountain Vinnufjellet. Dronningkrona is situated 4 km north of Vinnufossen.
Grøa Kraftverk
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grøa Kraftverk is a power station, which is situated 4 km southeast of Vinnufossen.
Vinnufossen
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Sunndal, Norway; allest waterfall in Europe
- Category: body of water
- Location: Møre og Romsdal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.66142° or 62° 39′ 41″ northLongitude
8.67045° or 8° 40′ 14″ eastElevation
340 metres (1,115 feet)Open location code
9FJCMM6C+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3452685393OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Western Panjabi—“Vinnufossen” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Vinnufossen”
- Burmese: “ဗင်နုဖော်ဆန်”
- Cebuano: “Vinnufossen”
- Chinese: “温尼瀑布”
- Chinese: “維努瀑布”
- Croatian: “Vinnufossen”
- Czech: “Vinnufossen”
- Danish: “Vinnufossen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤينوفوسين”
- Estonian: “Vinnufossen”
- French: “Vinnufossen”
- German: “Vinnufallet”
- German: “Vinnufossen”
- Italian: “Vinnufossen”
- Lithuanian: “Vinufosenas”
- Macedonian: “Винуфосен”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vinnufjellsfossen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vinnufossen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vinnufossen”
- Norwegian: “Vinnufallet”
- Persian: “آبشار وینوفوسن”
- Persian: “ابشار وینوفوسن”
- Portuguese: “Vinnufossen”
- Russian: “Виннуфоссен”
- Serbian: “Винуфосен”
- Slovak: “Vinnufossen”
- Spanish: “Vinnufossen”
- Ukrainian: “Віннуфоссен”
- Western Panjabi: “ونوفوسن چھمبر”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hol and Bjørkan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Øver Løkhammarn and Vinnufossen.
Møre og Romsdal: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vinnufossen”. Photo: Carl S Bj, CC BY-SA 3.0.