Piggnatten
Piggnatten is a locality in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet and has an elevation of 1,136 metres. Piggnatten is situated nearby to the locality Eivindsronuten, as well as near Hovda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vemork and Rjukan Station.
Vemork
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant and a museum outside the town of Rjukan in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer. Vemork is situated 4 km southwest of Piggnatten.
Rjukan Station
Railway station
Photo: Bergenga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rjukan Station is the terminal railway station of the Rjukan Line, located at Rjukan in Tinn, Norway. The station opened as part of the railway on 9 August 1909 as Saaheim, until renaming to Rjukan on 15 November 1912. Rjukan Station is situated 3½ km southeast of Piggnatten.
Rjukan videregående skole
School
Photo: Ojtveito, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rjukan videregående skole is a school, which is situated 3 km southeast of Piggnatten.
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.
Piggnatten
- Type: Locality
- Category: hill
- Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.89608° or 59° 53′ 46″ northLongitude
8.53886° or 8° 32′ 20″ eastElevation
1,136 metres (3,727 feet)Open location code
9FFCVGWQ+CGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3800700163OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=hillOpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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