Storsylen Explained

Storsylen
Map:Trøndelag#Norway
Map Alt:Map of the location
Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:63.0202°N 12.1988°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]
Location:Trøndelag, Norway
Elevation M:1762
Prominence M:640
Prominence Ref:[2]
Range:Sylan
Easiest Route:Hiking

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 of the lake Nesjøen. To climb the mountain from the south, the route is characterized as scrambling, from the north it is an easy hike.

Name

The first element is stor meaning "big" and the last element is the finite singular form of syl which means "awl".

See also: Sylan.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Storsylen, Tydal (Trøndelag). yr.no. Norwegian. 2017-03-23.
  2. Web site: Storsylen 1762 moh - fakta. Toppomania. 2011-03-01. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721131252/http://www.toppomania.info/toppdetaljer.php?toppid=560. 2011-07-21.