or is a mountain in
Loppa Municipality
Loppa ( and ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Other villages in Loppa include Andsnes, Bergsfjord, Lan ...
in
Finnmark
Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...
county,
Norway
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. It lies alongside the small glacier
Svartfjelljøkelen
Svartfjelljøkelen is a glacier located in Loppa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The glacier covers an area of approximately , making it one of the smaller glaciers in the region.
The glacier reaches a maximum elevation of a ...
, a few kilometers north of the larger glacier
Øksfjordjøkelen
or is the ninth largest glacier in mainland Norway. The glacier is located in Troms and Finnmark counties. The glacier lies on the border of Loppa Municipality (in Finnmark) and Kvænangen Municipality (in Troms).
The highest point was earlie ...
. The village of
Bergsfjord
Bergsfjord is a village in Loppa Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland part of Loppa Municipality, along the Bergsfjorden, across from the island of Silda (Finnmark), Silda. The village of Sør-Tverrfjord ...
lies about straight west of the mountain.
For many years, Svartfjellet was regarded as the highest mountain in Finnmark, but this was due to a measurement error. The highest point in Finnmark actually lies on the glacier
Øksfjordjøkelen
or is the ninth largest glacier in mainland Norway. The glacier is located in Troms and Finnmark counties. The glacier lies on the border of Loppa Municipality (in Finnmark) and Kvænangen Municipality (in Troms).
The highest point was earlie ...
on the mountain
Loppatinden.
See also
*
List of highest points of Norwegian counties
This is a list of the highest points (mountains, hills, glaciers) of all current Norwegian counties, ranked by elevation.
Highest points by former counties
(before 2016)
Ranked by elevation.
See also
* List of mountains in Norway by he ...
References
Loppa
Mountains of Finnmark
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