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Sandfloegga is a mountain in Ullensvang Municipality in southeastern Vestland county, Norway. It lies on the southern part of the vast Hardangervidda mountain plateau, and is the highest mountain on Hardangervidda when the bordering summits of Hardangerjøkulen and Folarskardnuten are omitted. The tall mountain lies inside Hardangervidda National Park, about north of the European route E134 highway.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Sandfloegga
Mountain.other_name
Sandfloeggi (unofficial)
Mountain.photo
Bilde-Sandfloegga_1.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Seen from Holmasjøen (southeast)
Mountain.mapframe
yes
Mountain.mapframe zoom
8
Mountain.location
Vestland, Norway
Mountain.elevation_m
1722
Mountain.prominence_m
543
Mountain.isolation_km
68.3

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Sandfloegga is a mountain in Ullensvang Municipality in southeastern Vestland county, Norway. It lies on the southern part of the vast Hardangervidda mountain plateau, and is the highest mountain on Hardangervidda when the bordering summits of Hardangerjøkulen and Folarskardnuten are omitted. The tall mountain lies inside Hardangervidda National Park, about north of the European route E134 highway.

From the summit, the Folgefonna glacier is seen in the northwest, the mountain Hårteigen in the north, the Hallingskarvet mountain ridge and the glacier Hardangerjøkulen in the northeast, and the mountain Gaustatoppen in the east.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sandfloegga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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