Kjelkehøene is a
mountain
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in
Lesja Municipality
Lesja is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is village of Lesja. Other villages in the municipality include Bjorli, Lesjaskog, ...
in
Innlandet
Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...
county,
Norway
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. The tall mountain lies within
Reinheimen National Park
Reinheimen National Park ( no, Reinheimen nasjonalpark) is a national park in Norway that was established in 2006. The park consists of a continuous protected mountain area. It is located in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties in Norway. The ...
, about southwest of the village of
Lesjaskog
Lesjaskog is a village in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the west end of the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet about west of the village of Lesjaverk and about east of the village of Bjorli. The European route ...
. It is the 792nd highest mountain in the country of mountains with primary factor of at least 50 meters.
Kjelkehøene consists of two peaks, North and South Kjelkehøene.The higher of the two is Southern Kjelkehøene (1692m), while Northern Kjelkehøene has a height of 1654 meters above sea level.
The mountain is surrounded by several other mountains including
Digerkampen
Digerkampen is a mountain in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain lies inside Reinheimen National Park, about southwest of the village of Lesjaskog. The mountain Holhøi lies about to the southeast, the mountain ...
which is about to the west,
Skarvehøi
Skarvehøi is a mountain in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain lies within Reinheimen National Park, about southwest of the village of Lesjaskog. The mountain is surrounded by several other mountains including S ...
which is about to the northeast,
Digervarden
Digervarden is a mountain in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain lies inside Reinheimen National Park, about south of the village of Lesjaskog. The mountain Mehøi lies about northeast and the mountain Grønhà ...
which is about to the east-southeast,
Grønhøi
Grønhøi is a mountain in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain lies within Reinheimen National Park, about southwest of the village of Lesjaskog. The mountain is surrounded by several other mountains including Dige ...
and
Buakollen
Buakollen is a mountain in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain lies within the Reinheimen National Park, about southwest of the mountain Digervarden and about west of the mountain Grønhøi. The mountain Løyfthà ...
which are about to the southeast,
Holhøi
Holhøi is a mountain in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain lies within Reinheimen National Park, about southwest of the village of Lesjaskog. The mountain is surrounded by several other mountains including Diger ...
which is about to the south, and
Løyfthøene
Løyfthøene is a mountain in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain lies within Reinheimen National Park, about southwest of the village of Lesjaskog. The mountain is surrounded by several other mountains including ...
and
Gråhø which are about to the southwest.
References
Mountains of Innlandet
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