Midtre Skagastølstind is one of the peaks constituting Skagastølstindane ("Skagastøl peaks") in the Hurrungane mountain range. The tall mountain lies in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in

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county,

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. The mountain lies in between

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, Vetle Skagastølstind, and

Store Skagastølstind Store Skagastølstind (also known as Storen) is the third highest peak in Norway. It is situated on the border between the municipality of Luster and Årdal in Vestland county, Norway. The mountain is part of the Hurrungane range. The mount ...

. The mountains Store Styggedalstinden, Jervvasstind, and Sentraltind all lie about to the east of this mountain. The village of Skjolden lies about to the west.

Name

The first element is the genitive of the name of the mountain farm ''Skagastølen'' and the last element is ''tind'' which means "

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peak". The mountain farm (dairy farm) Skagastølen belongs to the farm Skagen in Luster and ''stølen'' is the finite form of ''støl'' which means " mountain farm". ''Skagen'' is the finite form of ''skage'' which means " headland" or " promontory" and the name is equivalent with the famous

Skagen Skagen () is Denmark's northernmost town, on the east coast of the Skagen Odde peninsula in the far north of Jutland, part of Frederikshavn Municipality in Nordjylland, north of Frederikshavn and northeast of Aalborg. The Port of Skagen ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establishe ...

. The word ''midtre'' means "the one in the middle".

References

Mountains of Vestland Jotunheimen Luster, Norway {{Vestland-mountain-stub