Sylan (

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

), Sylarna (

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

), or Bealjehkh (

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) is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

on the border between

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 t ...

and

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. The mountain range lies in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

and

Jämtland Jämtland (; no, Jemtland or , ; Jamtish: ''Jamtlann''; la, Iemptia) is a historical province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland to the north a ...

counties. The central part of the range includes a large mountain ridge that starts at the tall mountain ''Lillsylen'' in the north then heading south to the tall

Storsylen Storsylen is a mountain in the municipality of Tydal in Trøndelag county, Norway. At , Storsylen is the highest mountain in the Sylan mountain range. The mountain summit lies less than west of the national border with Sweden and about east o ...

(the highest point in the mountain range), and further south to the tall mountain Storsola. Traversing the ridge is a popular trip for experienced hikers, and is easiest from the south to the north, due to a scrambling point about south of the Storsylen summit. There are a number of mountain cabins in the area. The

Norwegian Trekking Association The Norwegian Trekking Association ( no, Den norske turistforening, DNT) is a Norwegian association which maintains mountain trails and cabins in Norway. The association was founded on 21 January 1868 with the scope "to help and develop tourism i ...

maintains the tourist huts Schultzhytta in Roltdalen, Storerikvollen and Nedalshytta by

Nesjøen Nesjøen (sometimes just ''Nesjø'') is an artificial lake (reservoir) in the municipality of Tydal in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake is part of the Nea-Nidelv watershed which lies on the western part of the Sylan mountain range. The la ...

. On the Swedish side the Swedish Tourist Association maintains the tourist huts Blåhammarens Fjällstation, Sylarnas Fjällstation and Helags Fjällstation. The mountain has a number of relatively small

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 ...

s in its

cirque A (; from the Latin word ') is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic , meaning a pot or cauldron) and (; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform ...

s on the eastern side of the main ridge.

Name

''Sylan'' is the finite

plural The plural (sometimes abbreviated pl., pl, or ), in many languages, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number. The plural of a noun typically denotes a quantity greater than the default quantity represented by that noun. This de ...

of ''syl'' which means " awl". The sharp and pointed peaks of the mountains have been compared with the tool.

Media gallery

StorsylenNorthernRidge.jpg, Storsylen, northern ridge. The glacier can be seen to the left. De första turisterna på toppen av Storsylen. Fjällandskap - Nordiska Museet - NMA.0000024.jpg, The first tourists on Storsylen in July 1900. Sylan-panorama-2011-pho-.jpg, Sylan panorama

References

Mountain ranges of Norway Mountain ranges of Sweden Landforms of Trøndelag Landforms of Jämtland County Tydal {{Jämtland-geo-stub