Blokktinden or Blokktind is a mountain in the municipality of
Rødøy
Rødøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågaholmen. Other villages include Gjerøy, Jektvika, Kilboghamn, Melfjord ...
in
Nordland county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
.
It is located on the southern side of
Tjongsfjorden
Tjongsfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. The long fjord begins just west of the Svartisen glacier and flows west and flows into the Rødøyfjorden, just east of the island of Rødøya. The mountain ...
, across from the village of
Tjong. The summit has a good view of the
Svartisen
Svartisen is a collective term for two glaciers located in Nordland county in northern Norway. It is part of Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park, located in the Saltfjell mountain range. The glaciers are located in the municipalities of Beiarn, ...
glacier and the coastal islands.
Name
The first element is ''blokk'' which means "block" or "mountain that consists of one single rock". The last element is the finite form of ''tind'' which means "mountain peak".
References
Rødøy
Mountains of Nordland
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