Låtefossen or Låtefoss is a
waterfall
A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge
of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...
located in
Ullensvang Municipality
Ullensvang is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre is the town of Odda. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Lofthus, Utne, Vikebygd, ...
in
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...
County,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The tall waterfall is unique and thus it is a well-known tourist attraction in the area. It is special in that it consists of two separate streams flowing down from the lake
Lotevatnet, and as they fall, they join in the middle of the waterfall, just before going under the
Norwegian National Road 13
National Road 13 (, ) is a national road which runs from the town of Stavanger in Rogaland county to the village of Sogndalsfjøra in Vestland county. The route is long and runs south–north through Rogaland and Vestland counties, following ...
built in 1867–69, making for a spectacular (and wet) view as one drives over the old, stone, six-arched bridge.
Gallery
File:Tour Hardangervidda 2011.jpg, View of the bridge
File:Laatefossen.jpg, Section from Låtefossen
File:Låtefossen(js)05.jpg, View of the falls
File:Låtefossen road.jpg, View of the visitors' center
File:Låtefossen 41003 D05.jpg
See also
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References
Ullensvang
Waterfalls of Vestland
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