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Blåhøi Blåhøi is a mountain in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain lies about southeast of the larger mountain Storhøi and about west of the mountain Merratind. Other surrounding mountains include Svarthøi to ...

.'' : Blåhøa (or ''Blåhø'') is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

in the municipality of

Oppdal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Dovre region and the traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppdal. Other villages in the municipality include Løn ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

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. It is the highest mountain at the northeastern side of the

Trollheimen Trollheimen is a mountain range in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in central Norway. The mountain range is part of the Scandinavian Mountains. Etymology The name ('the home of the trolls') was proposed by Håkon Løken and used by T ...

mountain range. The mountain is located in the northwestern part of the municipality of Oppdal, about north of the lake

Gjevillvatnet Gjevillvatnet (or ''Gjevilvatnet'') is a lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are no ...

, about west of Nerskogen (in

Rennebu Rennebu is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Berkåk, located along European route E6. The majority of the population lives in the vill ...

), and about northwest of

Vognillan Vognillan is a village in Oppdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Norwegian National Road 70, about east of the village of Lønset, about west of the municipal center of Oppdal, and about south of th ...

. The tall mountain has a

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of . The

Speilsalen Speilsalen (The Hall of Mirrors) was a natural glacial formation caused by a river underneath a glacier in the Trollheimen mountains in the municipality of Oppdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It was located at the northeast base of the mountain ...

glacial tunnel was located about northeast of the peak.

Name

The first element is ''blå'' which means "

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", and the last element is ''hø(a)'' which means a "large and round mountain".

References

Oppdal Mountains of Trøndelag {{Trøndelag-geo-stub