Norway
Western Norway
Aurland

Stegastein

Stegastein is a scenic overlook on Sogn og Fjordane County Road 243 in Norway. The 30-metre long and 4-metre wide platform of steel and laminated pine overlooks and the .
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  • Type: Scenic viewpoint
  • Description: scenic viewpoint in Norway
  • Also known as: “Aurland lookout” and “Stegastein Lookout”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vangen Church and Vangen power station.

Church
Photo: HMPinnsvinet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the main in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, . It is located in the village of , at the end of the Aurlandsfjorden. is situated 1¼ km west of Stegastein.

Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 2 km southwest of Stegastein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flåm.

Photo: LASZLO ILYES, CC BY 2.0.
is a village in county, at the innermost point of the Aurlandsfjord arm of the . is among the busiest cruise ports in Norway.

Stegastein

Latitude
60.90864° or 60° 54′ 31″ north
Longitude
7.21177° or 7° 12′ 42″ east
Elevation
640 metres (2,100 feet)
Open location code
9FG9W656+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 276585995
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­viewpoint
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q628686
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Ukrainian—“Stegastein” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Stegastein”
  • Dutch: “Stegastein”
  • German: “Stegastein”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stegastein”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stegasteinen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stegastein”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stegasteinen”
  • Norwegian: “Stegastein”
  • Slovak: “Stegastein”
  • Swedish: “Stegastein”
  • Ukrainian: “Aurland lookout”
  • Ukrainian: “Стегастейн”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stegastein and Hopen.

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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 “Stegastein”. Photo: TomasEE, CC BY 3.0.