Tafjordfjella or Tafjordfjellene () is a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...
in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...
and
Innlandet
Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken ( ...
counties,
Norway
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. It is located in the municipalities of
Fjord
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,
Stranda,
Rauma, and
Skjåk. The area takes its name from the village of
Tafjord and the
Tafjorden, the main entry point. The highest peaks are
Puttegga at ,
Karitinden at ,
Tordsnose at , and
Høgstolen at .
Lakes in the area include
Tordsvatnet, Veltdalsvatnet, Zakariasdammen, and
Grønvatnet
Grønvatnet is a lake in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake lies within the Tafjordfjella mountain range, about north of the village of Grotli. The mountain lake lies in a low area surrounded by mountains, just west of ...
. Part of the range is included inside
Reinheimen National Park.
The
Norwegian Trekking Association has the cabins called Reindalsseter, Pyttbua, Veltdalshytta, Vakkerstøylen, and Danskehytta. The western part of the area has since 1923 been extensively developed for
hydro-electric power production by the Tafjord Kraft company.
See also
*
List of mountains of Norway
References
External links
Sensasjonelle steinalderfunn i høgfjellet enastional stone age finds, high in the mountains
Mountain ranges of Norway
Fjord (municipality)
Stranda
Skjåk
Rauma, Norway
Landforms of Møre og Romsdal
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