Kvitlenova is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

on the border of Skjåk Municipality 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 and

Stryn Municipality Stryn is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Stryn. The municipality is located along the innermost part of th ...

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

county,

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. The tall mountain is located in the Strynefjellet mountains and inside the Breheimen National Park, about southwest of the village of

Grotli Grotli is a village in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Billingsdalen valley at the east end of the lake Breiddalsvatnet, about west of the village of Bismo. The area has a hotel and skiing centre as ...

and about east of the village of

Oppstryn Oppstryn is a village in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the large lake Oppstrynsvatnet. It is located about from the village of Ospeli and about south of the village of Flo (acro ...

. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Langvasseggi to the north, Raudeggi to the northeast, Skridulaupen and Sandåtinden to the east, Mårådalsfjellet to the southeast, Leirvasshøi to the south, and Nuken to the west. The Tystigbreen

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

lies on the west side of this mountain.

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Stryn Skjåk Mountains of Vestland Mountains of Innlandet {{Vestland-mountain-stub

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