Kaldafjellet 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 ...

on the border of

Agder Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...

and

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 49 ...

counties in southern

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The mountain lies on the border of the municipality of

Suldal Suldal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the northeast corner of Rogaland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Ryfylke. Since 1965, the administrative centre of ...

(in

county) and the municipality of

Bykle Bykle is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bykle (vil ...

(in

county). The mountain has two peaks: the eastern one lies on the municipal-county border reaching , while the highest point on the mountain lies less than to the west, reaching a peak of . The

prominence In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...

of the mountain is and the isolation is . The mountain sits about southeast of the village of

Nesflaten Nesflaten is a village in Suldal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern end of the lake Suldalsvatnet, just west of the smaller village of Roalkvam. Nesflaten lies along the Norwegian National Road 13 whi ...

, just east of the mountain

Steinkilenuten Steinkilenuten is a mountain in the municipality of Suldal in Rogaland county, Norway. The mountain lies about southeast of the village of Nesflaten and just southwest of the mountain Kaldafjellet. See also *List of mountains of Norway T ...

(in Suldal) and it is about west of Hovden in Bykle. The lake Ormsavatnet lies just east of the mountain and the lake

Holmevatnet Holmevatnet or Holmevatn is a lake in the Setesdalsheiene area of Norway. It is located in the mountains on the border of the municipalities of Bykle in Agder county and Suldal in Rogaland county. The lake lies just west of the lake Store Ure ...

References

Mountains of Rogaland Mountains of Agder Suldal Bykle {{Rogaland-mountain-stub