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Torghatten, latitude 66
Ballantyne, R M, 1864, Watercolour
Torghatten, latitude 66
Torghatten, latitude 66
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120 feet high, 86 broad, 27300 yds long in Torghatten, latitude 66
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Ballantyne, R M
Date
1864
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10.5 x 7.0 cm
Type
Watercolour
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Torghatten is a mountain on Torget Island in the Nordland area of Norway. Linked to legend, it is a well-known coastal landmark throughout Norway, because of the distinctive large, natural hole through the mountain. The west side of the mountain was also the site of a fatal plane crash in 1988.
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R M Ballantyne's 'Views of Norway'
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