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Sentraltind

Sentraltind is a mountain in the Hurrungane mountains in the Jotunheimen mountain range. The 2,348-metre (7,703 ft) tall mountain is located in the eastern part of Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is the 10th highest summit in Norway. Sentraltind lies on a ridge between Storen-Vetle Skagastølstindane and Styggedalstindane-Gjertvasstind. The mountain is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) east of the village of Skjolden.

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Sentraltind
Vestre Styggedalstind (unofficial)1
Midtre Skagastølstind, Vetle Skagastølstind (center of image), Sentraltind (in the back above the saddle) and Store Skagastølstind (highest to the right) in May 1986
Highest point
Elevation2,348 m (7,703 ft)2
Prominence94 m (308 ft)23
Parent peakStoren2
Isolation0.61 km (0.38 mi)2
Listing10 at List of mountains in Norway by height
Coordinates61°27′49″N 7°52′57″E / 61.46368°N 7.88248°E / 61.46368; 7.882484
Geography
Map
LocationVestland, Norway
Parent rangeHurrungane, Jotunheimen
Topo map1517 IV Hurrungane
Climbing
First ascent7 August 1885 Carl Hall, Mathias Soggemoen, and Torger S. Sulheim

Sentraltind1 is a mountain in the Hurrungane mountains in the Jotunheimen mountain range. The 2,348-metre (7,703 ft) tall mountain is located in the eastern part of Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is the 10th highest summit in Norway. Sentraltind lies on a ridge between Storen-Vetle Skagastølstindane and Styggedalstindane-Gjertvasstind. The mountain is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) east of the village of Skjolden.5

Name

The first element is the loan word sentral which means "central" and the last element is the finite form of tind which means "mountain peak". The name is not very old.

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References

References

  1. "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  2. "Sentraltind". PeakVisor.com. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  3. "Toppomania - Sentraltind" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  4. "Sentraltind" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  5. Store norske leksikon. "Styggedalstindane" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-09-11.