Sentraltind

Sentraltind
Vestre Styggedalstind
Sentraltind
Location in Sogn og Fjordane
Elevation 2,348 m (7,703 ft)
Prominence 80 m (262 ft) [1]
Listing 10 at List of mountains in Norway by height
Location
Location Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Range Hurrungane, Jotunheimen
Topo map 1517 IV Hurrungane
Climbing
First ascent 7 August 1885 Carl Hall, Mathias Soggemoen, and Torger S. Sulheim

Sentraltind (also known as Sentraltinden or Vestre Styggedalstind) is a mountain in the Hurrungane mountains in the Jotunheimen mountain range. The 2,348-metre (7,703 ft) tall mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is the 10th highest summit in Norway. Sentraltind lies on a ridge between Store Skagastølstind-Vetle Skagastølstind and Store Styggedalstind-Jervvasstind. The mountain is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) east of the village of Skjolden.[2]

Name

The first element is the loan word sentral which means "central" and the last element is the finite form of tind which means "mountain peak". The name is not very old.

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