Hornelen

Hornelen
	View from the south-west
height	860 moh.
location	Vestland , Norway
Coordinates	61 ° 50 '32 " N , 5 ° 14' 46" E Coordinates: 61 ° 50 '32 " N , 5 ° 14' 46" E
rock	Sandstone
Age of the rock	~ 400 million

The Hornelen is a mountain in the municipality of Bremanger in the Norwegian province of Vestland . The mountain is located at the eastern end of the island Bremangerlandet on the Strait of Frøysjøen in the Norwegian region of Nordfjord . At 860 meters, Hornelen is the highest cliff in Europe and has long been used as a landmark for shipping. The hike to the summit of the Hornelen takes about 4 hours from Berleneset . The horizontal distance from the summit to the sea is approximately 500 meters. About 1 kilometer west of the cliff is the highest point on the island of Bremangerlandet , Svartevassegga with a height of 889 meters. The rock of Hornelen consists of sandstone of the Devonian period and is an important part of the geology of Norway.

Individual evidence

^ Accommodation, Businesses and more pictures from Bremanger. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
^ Larsen, Bjørn T .; Olaussen, Snorre; Sundvoll, Bjørn; Heereman, Michel: Volcanoes and faulting in an arid climate . In: Ramberg, Ivar; Bryhni, Inge (Ed.): The making of a land: Geology of Norway . Trondheim: Norsk Geologisk Forening, ISBN 978-82-92394-42-7 .

[1] Accommodation, Businesses and more pictures from Bremanger. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .

[2] Larsen, Bjørn T .; Olaussen, Snorre; Sundvoll, Bjørn; Heereman, Michel: Volcanoes and faulting in an arid climate . In: Ramberg, Ivar; Bryhni, Inge (Ed.): The making of a land: Geology of Norway . Trondheim: Norsk Geologisk Forening, ISBN 978-82-92394-42-7 .