Vetle Skagastølstind


Vetle Skagastølstinden is one of the peaks constituting Skagastølstindane in the Hurrungane mountain range, and is among Norway's highest. The tall mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. It lies directly between the mountains Midtre Skagastølstind, Store Skagastølstind, and Sentraltind. The mountains Store Styggedalstinden and Jervvasstind lie to the east, and the village of Skjolden lies 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 "mountain peak". The mountain 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 in Denmark. The words vetle and vesle mean "the small".