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Vetle Skagastølstind

Vetle Skagastølstind

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Vetle Skagastølstindane.

Vetle Skagastølstindane or Vetle Skarstølstindane is one of the peaks constituting Skagastølstindane ("Skagastøl peaks") in the Hurrungane mountain range and is among Norway's highest. The 2,340-metre (7,680 ft) tall mountain is located in the eastern part of Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It lies directly between the mountains Midtre Skagastølstindane, Storen, and Sentraltind. The mountains Styggedalstindane and Gjertvasstind lie 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the east, and the village of Skjolden lies 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the west. NameThe first element is the genitive of the name of the mountain farm Skagastølen and the last element is which means "mountain peak". The mountain farm (dairy farm) Skagastølen belongs to the farm Skagen in Luster Municipality and stølen is the finite form of støl which means "mountain farm". Skagen is the finite form of which means "headland" or "promontory" and the name is equivalent to the famous Skagen in Denmark. The words means "the small". See alsoList of mountains in Norway by heightReferences