Gokstad Mound
The Gokstad Mound is a large burial mound at Gokstad Farm in Sandefjord in Vestfold County, Norway. It is also known as the King's Mound and is where the 9th century Gokstad Ship was found.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sandefjord Museum and Sandefjord Railway Station.
Sandefjord Museum
Museum
Photo: Andrzej O, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandefjordmuseene is a museum located in Sandefjord, Norway. It is dedicated to the whaling industry and is the only specialized museum on the subject of whales and whaling in Europe. Sandefjord Museum is situated 2 km southwest of Gokstad Mound.
Sandefjord Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandefjord Station is a railway station on the Vestfold Line in Sandefjord, Norway. The station is served with regional trains operated by Vy. The station opened as part of the Vestfold Line in 1881. Sandefjord Railway Station is situated 2 km west of Gokstad Mound.
Saint John the Baptist’s Church
Church
Photo: PaulVIF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Saint John the Baptist's Church is the name given to a religious building of the Catholic Church, which functions as the parish church in Sandefjord, Norway. Saint John the Baptist’s Church is situated 2 km southwest of Gokstad Mound.
Gokstad Mound
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Burial mound in Norway
- Categories: cultural property, tumulus, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Sandefjord, Vestfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.14077° or 59° 8′ 27″ northLongitude
10.25313° or 10° 15′ 11″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
9FFG47R3+87OpenStreetMap ID
node 544303760OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
12078022Wikidata ID
Q11972326
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Gokstad Mound” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Monticle de Gokstad”
- German: “Gokstadhaugen”
- Italian: “Tumulo di Gokstad”
- Japanese: “ゴクスタ墳丘”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gokstadhaugen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gokstadhaugen”
- Norwegian: “Gokstadhaugen”
- Spanish: “Montículo de Gokstad”
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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 “Gokstad Mound”. Photo: EsP72, CC BY-SA 3.0.