Høgstolen

Høgstolen is a mountain in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 1,953-metre (6,407 ft) tall mountain lies on the border of Rauma Municipality and Fjord Municipality in the Tafjordfjella mountain range, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the border with Oppland county.[1]

Høgstolen
Høgstolen
Location of the mountain
Høgstolen
Høgstolen (Norway)
Highest point
Elevation1,953 m (6,407 ft)[1][2]
Prominence200 m (660 ft)[2]
Coordinates62.1993°N 7.6838°E / 62.1993; 7.6838[3]
Geography
LocationMøre og Romsdal, Norway
Parent rangeTafjordfjella
Topo map1319 III Tafjord

Høgstolen lies within the Reinheimen National Park, between the mountains Puttegga and Karitind. The name is not unique to this mountain, as there are other (lower) mountains with the same name in Norway.[4]

See also

References

  1. Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed. (2009). "Høgstolen". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Arendal: Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-91-49547-7.
  2. Røyne, Eivind (1985). Fjell i Norge over 1800 meter (in Norwegian). Oslo.
  3. "Høgstolen, Norddal (Møre og Romsdal)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  4. "Geonames search in Norway". Retrieved 2019-07-06.


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