Såtbakkollen is a tall mountain in
Sunndal Municipality
is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Gjøra, Grøa, Hoelsand, Jordalsgr ...
in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is t ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. It is located in 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, just north of the
Sunndalen valley. It forms the southern end of the "Tårn massif", which also includes
Tåga,
Tårnfjellet, and the quite famous
Innerdalstårnet
Innerdalstårnet or Dalatårnet is a tall mountain on the south side of the Innerdalen valley in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located about southeast of the village of Ålvundeid. The mountain is also known a ...
. Other mountains nearby include
Navardalsnebba,
Trolla
Trolla is a village in the municipality of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Midtbyen borough, along the Trondheimsfjord on the north coast of the Bymarka area. It is about northeast of the village of Langørjan ...
, and
Skarfjellet
Skarfjellet is a tall mountain in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies along the southern side of the Innerdalen valley, just west of the mountain Innerdalstårnet, and about northeast of the village of Sunndalsøra
...
.
The name "Såtbakkollen" is also commonly used for the peak
Tåga (elevation: , prominence: ; second highest point in Trollheimen). Tåga is actually located about further north, probably because the name "Tåga" was missing from older maps.
References
Mountains of Møre og Romsdal
Sunndal
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