Okstindan
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or is a mountain range which lies in the inner Helgeland district in Nordland county, Norway. It is located within Hemnes Municipality. The mountain Oksskolten is part of the Okstindan range, and it is the highest mountain in North Norway. Other mountains in the range include Okstinden, Okshornet, Vesttinden, and Bessedørtinden. Between these mountains lies the large glacier Okstindbreen. The Swedish border lies just to the east of the mountains.
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- Mountain.photo
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- Seen from Litjfjellet by Drevvatn
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- Mountain.location
- Nordland, Norway
- Mountain.highest
- Oksskolten
- Mountain.highest_location
- Hemnes Municipality, Nordland, Norway
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- 1916
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- Instance of
- mountain range
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Hemnes Municipality
- Elevation
- 1916
- Highest point
- Oksskolten
- Image
- Tvillingtinden.jpg
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or is a mountain range which lies in the inner Helgeland district in Nordland county, Norway. It is located within Hemnes Municipality. The mountain Oksskolten is part of the Okstindan range, and it is the highest mountain in North Norway. Other mountains in the range include Okstinden, Okshornet, Vesttinden, and Bessedørtinden. Between these mountains lies the large glacier Okstindbreen. The Swedish border lies just to the east of the mountains.
The most common starting point for tours of the Okstindan mountains is from the Leirskardalen valley or the lake Kjennsvannet in Hemnes Municipality.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Okstindan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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