Noruega meridional: día 2 (Drammer - Haugesund).
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 258.88 mi
- Elevation gain
- 17,464 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 16,129 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,721 ft
- TrailRank
- 53
- Min elevation
- 155 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 6 hours 57 minutes
- Time
- 9 hours 31 minutes
- Coordinates
- 20911
- Uploaded
- August 9, 2018
- Recorded
- August 2018
near Drammen, Buskerud fylke (Norge)
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Itinerary description
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On our 2nd day in Norway, we will cross the southern part of the country (Drammer - Haugesund). The surprising geology of the country, is eclipsed by the beauty of its landscapes in constant change. Both aspects are intimately related and I will try to show them. For millions of years, the Baltic Plate (where the Scandinavian countries are located) has been formed on the basis of ancient clashes between continents. At present, for just one million years, the erosion of the last glaciacines has exposed these materials, showing them great and almost unique.
Waypoints
Car park
235 ft
1.- Salida desde de Drammen (Hotel Scandic Ambassadeur).
Departure from Drammen (Hotel Scandic Ambassadeur). Geological map of Drammen. The city sits on a volcanic zone, of very fluid lavas like those of Iceland (orange color), which emerged from the interior of the earth during the Permian (between 300-250 million years ago). The bluish coloration are andesites; also volcanic but more viscous and explosive lavas. The area is part of the so-called "Oslo Graben" or Oslo Rift, because of its resemblance to the current African Rift. It was produced by distensive phenomena at the end of the so-called Hercynian Orogeny. Source: Norwegian Geological Service. http://geo.ngu.no/kart/berggrunn/
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Bridge
River
193 ft
3.- Río Drammerselva.
Drammerselva River. Long Norwegian river that has its origin in the so-called Nordic Alps.
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Intersection
213 ft
4.- Entrada a Mjodalen.
Entrance to Mjodalen. The area between Mjodalen-Hokksun (green coloration on the map), are Ordovician Filitas (about 500 million years old). They were formed in the bottoms of an ancient ocean (Iapetus) and were displaced to the mainland by the Caledonian Orogeny. They are rocks with many minerals very suitable for agriculture.
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Mine
983 ft
8.- Canteras de Kongsberg.
Qods of granodioritic Gneiss. It was formed during the Swedish-Norwegian Orogeny (about 1000 million years ago). They are used as constution material. It is a traditional mining area for the last three centuries. Geological map of Kongsberg. In orange Granodioritic Gneiss (1000 Ma). In red, Gabros rich in precious metals of the same period
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Mine
1,049 ft
9.- Canteras de Kongsberg.
Kongsberg Quarries with clear Gneiss (Granodioritic Gneiss). (Source: GEONORGE Norwegian Geological Service). http://www.norgeskart.no/geoportal/#!?zoom=11&lon=194493.38&lat=6625948.42&wms=http://geo.ngu.no/mapserver/GeologiskarvWMS&_ga=2.236528513.162984269.1534418815-1238988785.1534418815&project=geonorge&layers=1002
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Tree
1,264 ft
10.- Coniferas Heia (próxima a Notodden).
The rosacea zone of Heia, in the vicinity of Notodden, are granites formed in the Swedish-Norwegian Orogeny (1000 Ma ago). They are hard rocks and poor in minerals. Therefore, they are unfit for agriculture and are covered by the typical forests of Norway (Firs pine and birch).
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Panorama
247 ft
12.- Cercanias de Heddal.
Cercanias de Heddal. The area of Notodden-Heddal, was a volcanic area of high explosive (about 1000 Ma). The rhyolites (yellowish coloration of the map), are typical of these dangerous volcanoes.
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Religious site
World Heritage Site
Photo
Lake
555 ft
20.- La riolitas de Seljord.
Rhyolites of Seljord, are volcanic rocks typical of very explosive volcanoes called Peleanos (as the current Santa Helena mount in the USA). They were deposited 1000 Ma ago
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Car park
1,670 ft
21.- Zona volcánica de Amot-Vinje.
Amot- Vinje quartzites. It presents fluvial sands deposited in an old delta. The sands (here in yellow) came from the nearby volcanic zone that took place about 1000 Ma (orange coloration).
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Lake
2,074 ft
22.- Cercanias de Vagsli.
In the vicinity of Vagsli, the granites and Gneiss are typical of the area (pinkish color) and have the highest areas of relief.
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Mountain pass
2,821 ft
26.- Bajando por el valle Roldal- Hara.
Roldal-Hara-Skare area. In the maoa, the lower green areas (Roldal-Hara), are Gneis deformed by the Caledonian Orogeny. The orange-reddish duperior zones (near Skare) are deep volcanic zones of similar age (about 450 Ma)
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Waterfall
2,469 ft
27.- Cerca de Skare.
The town of Skare presents a wide variety of magmatic rocks of deep origin in the earth's crust.
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Geocache
223 ft
28.1 .- Cascadas de Langfoss: jardín de rocas.
Fustrated magmatism in the Akra Fjord. The areas of intense red (Gabros); those of light red (porphyritic granites) and even the pink zones (tonalites), are magmatic-plutonic rocks that have not been able to rise to the surface in the form of a volcano.
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Flora
Waterfall
315 ft
28.3.- Cascadas de Langfoss: panorámicas.
Waterfalls of Langfoss, on porphyry granites formed in a magmatic chamber, at great depth, during the Caledonian Orogeny (about 500 Ma).
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Information point
Geocache
345 ft
28.5.- Cascadas de Langfoss: panorámicas y rocas.
Lanfoss waterfalls and their deep crust rocks: Porphyritic granite, Gneiss and Gabros.
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Geocache
459 ft
30.- Los Nappes de Haugalandet.
The Nappes of Haugalandet (in front of the Vatsvatnet lake). The Nappes (plates) of Haugalandet, to the right of the lake, are very old granites (red tones) that literally ride on the backs of the arenicas (yellow) and Filitas (green) much more modern. All move to the left of the image. They have traveled more than 50 km during the last 400 Ma
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Geocache
446 ft
33.- Los Nappes de Aksdal.
In Aksdal, in the vicinity of Haegesund, the Nappes also appear although in smaller dimensions. Here begin the first roots of the Norwegian Alps.
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Geocache
425 ft
35.- Haugesund: una isla volcánica Caledoniana.
400 Ma ago, a volcanic island collided with the ancient Norwegian coasts (Baltic Shield). Its magmatic chamber now emerges as the foundation of the beautiful city (reddish colors). For Norwegian geologists, the most precious thing is located outside the town (rosacea band). They are Ophiolites, very rare rocks that are found in the deep mantle and seldom come to the surface.
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Mooring point
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