Vetle Skagastølstind Explained

Vetle Skagastølstind
Elevation M:2340
Prominence M:70
Listing:15 at List of mountains in Norway by height
Location:Luster, Vestland, Norway
Map:Vestland#Norway
Label:Vetle Skagastølstind
Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:61.4644°N 7.8742°W
Range:Hurrungane

Vetle Skagastølstinden (or Vesle Skagastølstind) is one of the peaks constituting Skagastølstindane ("Skagastøl peaks") in the Hurrungane mountain range and is among Norway's highest. The 2340m (7,680feet) tall mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. It lies directly between the mountains Midtre Skagastølstind, Store Skagastølstind, and Sentraltind. The mountains Store Styggedalstinden and Jervvasstind lie to the east, and the village of Skjolden lies to the west.[1] [2]

Name

The first element is the genitive of the name of the mountain farm Skagastølen and the last element is tind which means "mountain peak". The mountain farm (dairy farm) Skagastølen belongs to the farm Skagen in Luster and stølen is the finite form of støl which means "mountain farm". Skagen is the finite form of skage which means "headland" or "promontory" and the name is equivalent to the famous Skagen in Denmark. The words vetle and vesle mean "the small".

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vesle Skagastølstind - 2340 meters. no. 2010-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201154/http://www.etojm.com/Norsk/Topper/Toppbeskrivelser/Topperover2200/Skagastolstinder.htm#Vesle. 2007-09-27.
  2. Web site: Vetle Skagastølstind. 2010-09-11. ScandinavianMountains.com.