Pulpit Rock

Preikestolen or Prekestolen is a tourist attraction in in county, . Preikestolen is a steep cliff which rises 604 metres above Lysefjorden.
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  • Type: Scenic viewpoint
  • Description: steep cliff in Norway
  • Also known as: “Preikestolen” and “Pulpit Rock, Norway”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fossmark power station.

Power station
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is situated 3½ km east of Pulpit Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forsand and Jørpeland.

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is a borough in and former municipality in county, . The borough centre is the village of , and other villages are , Øvre Espedal, Kolabygda, and Fløyrli.

Town
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is the administrative centre of in county, . The town is located on the western coast of the mainland, along the shore of the Idsefjorden, about 20 kilometres northeast of the city of Stavanger. is situated 9 km northwest of Pulpit Rock.

Pulpit Rock

Latitude
58.98645° or 58° 59′ 11″ north
Longitude
6.1884° or 6° 11′ 18″ east
Elevation
604 metres (1,982 feet)
Open location code
9FC8X5PQ+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 658904193
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­climbing
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­viewpoint
Wiki­data ID
Q746223
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Pulpit Rock” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بريكستولن”
  • Arabic: “صخرة بريكستولن”
  • Armenian: “Պրեքեսթուլեն”
  • Basque: “Preikestolen”
  • Bengali: “প্রাইকেস্টোলেন”
  • Catalan: “Preikestolen”
  • Cebuano: “Preikestolen”
  • Chinese: “佈道台”
  • Chinese: “圣坛岩”
  • Chinese: “圣坛峭壁”
  • Chinese: “布道台”
  • Chinese: “普莱克斯托伦峰”
  • Chinese: “普萊克斯托倫峰”
  • Chinese: “祈祷峰”
  • Chinese: “祈禱峰”
  • Chinese: “聖壇岩”
  • Chinese: “聖壇峭壁”
  • Czech: “Hyvlatonnå”
  • Czech: “Preikestolen”
  • Danish: “Prædikestolen”
  • Danish: “Preikestolen”
  • Dutch: “Preikestolen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بريكستولن”
  • Esperanto: “Preikestolen”
  • Finnish: “Preikestolen”
  • French: “Hyvlatanna”
  • French: “Hyvlatånnå”
  • French: “Hyvlatonna”
  • French: “Hyvlatonnå”
  • French: “Preikestolen”
  • French: “Prekeistolen”
  • German: “Preikestolen”
  • Hebrew: “פרקסטולן”
  • Hebrew: “צוק הכס”
  • Hebrew: “צוק כס המטיף”
  • Hungarian: “Szószék-szikla”
  • Icelandic: “Predikunarstóllinn”
  • Indonesian: “Preikestolen”
  • Italian: “Hyvlatonna”
  • Italian: “Hyvlatonnå”
  • Italian: “Preikestolen”
  • Japanese: “プレーケストーレン”
  • Korean: “프레이케스톨렌”
  • Lithuanian: “Preikestolenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Prekestulenas”
  • Macedonian: “Прејкестолен”
  • Macedonian: “Прејкестулен”
  • Macedonian: “Проповедница”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Preikestolen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Preikestolen”
  • Norwegian: “Preikestolen”
  • Persian: “پریکستولن”
  • Polish: “Hyvlatonnå”
  • Polish: “Preikestolen”
  • Portuguese: “Preikestolen”
  • Romanian: “Preikestolen”
  • Russian: “Кафедра прововедника”
  • Russian: “Прекестулен”
  • Slovenian: “Preikestolen”
  • Spanish: “Preikestolen”
  • Spanish: “Púlpito”
  • Swedish: “Preikestolen”
  • Turkish: “Preikestolen”
  • Ukrainian: “Прейкестолен”
  • Venetian: “Preikestolen”
  • Vietnamese: “Preikestolen”
  • Western Frisian: “Preikestolen”
  • “Preikestolen”
  • “Prekestolen”

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