Karitinden | |
Elevation M: | 1982 |
Prominence M: | 330 |
Range: | Tafjordfjella |
Location: | Fjord and Rauma (Møre og Romsdal) and Skjåk (Innlandet) Norway |
Map: | Innlandet#Møre og Romsdal#Norway |
Map Alt: | Map of the location |
Label: | Karitinden |
Label Position: | top |
Easiest Route: | Hiking |
Coordinates: | 62.1847°N 7.7344°W |
Karitinden is a mountain in the Tafjordfjella mountain range inside Reinheimen National Park on the border of Innlandet and Møre og Romsdal counties in Norway. The top of the mountain is a tripoint border junction for Skjåk Municipality (in Innlandet county), and Fjord Municipality and Rauma Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal county). The nearest village is Tafjord which lies to the northwest. The lake Tordsvatnet lies southeast of the mountain and the mountain Puttegga lies to the northwest. Other mountains that surround the mountain include Benkehøa to the southeast, Veltdalseggi to the south, and Tordsnose to the southwest.[1]
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.