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county,

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. The tall mountain is located in the

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mountains within

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. The mountain sits about northeast of the village of

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and about southwest of the village of

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. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including

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and

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to the southeast; Midtre Hellstugutinden,

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, Nestsøre Hellstugutinden, and

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to the south; Urdadalstindene to the southwest; Hellstuguhøi to the north; Veobreahesten, Leirhøi, Veobretinden to the northeast; and

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and

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to the east.

Name

The first element is the name of the ''Hellstugu'' cabin which was built as a shelter for hunters. The last element is the finite form of ''tind'' which means '

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'. The name of the cabin is a compound of ''hella'' which means 'flat stone' or '

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' and ''stugu'' which means 'house with one room' or ' cabin'. Most houses in Norway are mostly made of wood, but here they had to use stone because the lack of wood. The first word in the name is ''nordre'' which means 'northern' since it is on the northern end of the mountain ridge.

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