Hornelen
Sign in to saveHornelen is a mountain in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The mountain sits on the eastern end of the island of Bremangerlandet, along the Frøysjøen strait, in the Nordfjord region. At , it is the highest sea cliff in Europe (see illustration below), and has for a long time been used as a landmark for naval navigation.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 12 inbound references to Hornelen, and connects out to Europe, Norway and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Bremanger Municipality and Mountains of Vestland.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Hornelen
- Mountain.photo
- Hornelen Bremanger 1.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Hornelen, looking southwest from Rugsundøya
- Mountain.mapframe
- yes
- Mountain.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Mountain.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Mountain.mapframe caption
- Interactive map of the mountain
- Mountain.location
- Vestland, Norway
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 860
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 100
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 1.2
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Vestre Hornelen
- Mountain.age
- Devonian
- Mountain.geology
- Sandstone
- Mountain.easiest_route
- From Berleneset
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Bremanger Municipality
- Elevation
- 860
- Image
- Hornelen Bremanger 1.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 115
- mountain range
- Scandinavian Mountains
- located in/on physical feature
- Bremangerlandet
- Commons category
- Hornelen
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Access and modern tourism
- See also
- References
Hornelen is a mountain in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The mountain sits on the eastern end of the island of Bremangerlandet, along the Frøysjøen strait, in the Nordfjord region. At , it is the highest sea cliff in Europe (see illustration below), and has for a long time been used as a landmark for naval navigation.
thumb|left|300px|Comparison of cliffs in Europe The horizontal distance from the summit to the sea is approximately . Approximately to the west of the cliffside is the highest point on the island Bremangerlandet, called Svartevassegga which has an elevation of . The rock in Hornelen consists of sandstone of Devonian age, and it constitutes an important part of the geology of Norway.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hornelen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations