Karitinden

Karitinden

View of Karitinden
Highest point
Elevation 1,982 m (6,503 ft)
Prominence 330 m (1,080 ft)
Coordinates 62°11′05″N 07°44′04″E / 62.18472°N 7.73444°E / 62.18472; 7.73444Coordinates: 62°11′05″N 07°44′04″E / 62.18472°N 7.73444°E / 62.18472; 7.73444
Geography
Map of the location
Karitinden

Location in Møre og Romsdal

Location Norddal and Rauma (Møre og Romsdal) and Skjåk (Oppland) Norway
Parent range Tafjordfjella
Topo map 1319 II Tordsvatnet
Climbing
Easiest route Hiking

Karitinden is a mountain in the Tafjordfjella mountain range inside Reinheimen National Park on the border of Møre og Romsdal and Oppland counties in Norway. The top of the mountain is a tripoint border junction for Skjåk Municipality (in Oppland county), and Norddal Municipality and Rauma Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal county). The nearest village is Tafjord which lies 17 kilometres (11 mi) to the northwest. The lake Tordsvatnet lies 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast of the mountain and the mountain Puttegga lies 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the northwest.[1]

Name

The first element is the female name Kari and the last element is the finite form of tind which means "mountain peak". The reason for the name, and who the person Kari was, is unknown.

References

  1. "Karitinden" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2010-10-15.


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