Ulvik is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality stretches from the Hardangerfjord to the mountains that reach 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) above sea level. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulvik. The villages of Osa and Finse are also located in Ulvik municipality.
Hol is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.
Eastern Norway is the geographical region of the south-eastern part of Norway. It consists of the counties Oslo, Akershus, Vestfold, Østfold, Buskerud, Telemark, and Innlandet.
Røssvatnet (Norwegian) or Reevhtse (Southern Sami) is a lake and reservoir in the municipalities of Hattfjelldal and Hemnes in Nordland county, Norway. It has been the site of human occupation since the Stone Age. Its area of 219 square kilometres (85 sq mi) makes it the second largest lake in Norway by surface area. Without the dam which has regulated the lake since 1957, it would be 190 square kilometres (73 sq mi) and the third largest lake in Norway. Its depth is 240 metres (790 ft), its volume is estimated at about 15 cubic kilometres (3.6 cu mi), and its surface elevation is 374 metres (1,227 ft) above sea level. In the southern part, it's largest island is situated. Røssvassholmen, with an area of 17.39 km2 (6.71 sq mi). The highest point of it, towering 206 metres above the lake's surface. Røssvassholmen are Norway's second largest lake-island. The largest being; Helgøya within Mjøsa.
A list of highest points typically contains the name, elevation, and location of the highest point in each of a set of geographical regions. Such a list is important in the sport of highpointing. A partial list of highpoint lists is below:
Tunnsjøen (Norwegian) or Dåtnejaevrie (Southern Sami) is a lake in the municipalities of Røyrvik and Lierne in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 100.18-square-kilometre (38.68 sq mi) lake lies just south of the large lake Limingen, and just west of the border with Sweden. It is 358 m (1,175 ft) above sea level and has a volume of 8.816 km3 (2.115 cu mi). The deepest part of the lake is 222 m (728 ft) deep. It is the seventh largest lake in Norway.
Flakavatnet is an alpine lake on the border of Vestland and Viken counties in Norway. The 3.43-square-kilometre (1.32 sq mi) lake lies in the municipalities of Ulvik and Hol and the lake lies entirely within the Hallingskarvet National Park. The village of Finse lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of the lake.
Nygardsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Hol in Viken county, Norway. The lake is situated south of the Hallingskarvet mountain range. The lake serves as a reservoir for Usta kraftverk, a hydroelectric plant which was put into operation in 1965. The water level is controlled by a dam at the outlet and a tunnel down to lakes Sløddfjorden and Ustevatn. The Usta kraftverk power plant is owned and operated by E- CO Energi.
Nyhellervatnet is a lake on the border of the municipalities of Hol and Aurland, Norway. The 16.74-square-kilometre (6.46 sq mi) lake sits at an elevation of 1,438 metres (4,718 ft) above sea level. The lake is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the village of Aurlandsvangen, at the end of the Aurlandsdalen valley. In neighboring Viken county, the lake Djupsvatnet lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the east and Hallingskarvet National Park lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the south.
Prestvannet (Norwegian) or Báhpajávri (Northern Sami) is a small lake in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The lake sits at the highest point on the central part of the island of Tromsøya inside the city of Tromsø. Prestvannet was built up as a reservoir in 1867, and continued in that role until 1921. Since then it has been used as park land and a nature reserve.
The Scandinavian montane birch forests and grasslands is defined by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as a terrestrial tundra ecoregion in Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
Hallingskarvet is a mountain range in southern Norway stretching from Geilo to Finse in Vestland and Buskerud counties. The highest point is the 1,933-metre (6,342 ft) tall mountain Folarskardnuten in Hol Municipality in Viken county.
Hallingskarvet National Park is a national park in central Norway that was established by the government on 22 December 2006. The park is located in the municipalities of Hol, Ulvik and Aurland. More precisely, the park comprises the Hallingskarv plateau and the high mountain areas to the west of it. It includes the Vargebreen glacier as well as the valleys of Såtedalen, Lengjedalen, Ynglesdalen, and parts of Raggsteindalen.
Reineskarvet is a significant mountain in the municipality of Ål in Buskerud, Norway.
Sandfloegga or Sandfloeggi is a mountain in Ullensvang Municipality in southeastern Vestland county, Norway. It lies on the southern part of the vast Hardangervidda mountain plateau, and is the highest mountain on Hardangervidda when the bordering summits of Hardangerjøkulen and Folarskardnuten are omitted. The 1,721-metre (5,646 ft) tall mountain lies inside Hardangervidda National Park, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the European route E134 highway.
Strandavatnet is a lake in Hol municipality, Norway. The lake covers an area of 23.75 square kilometres (9.17 sq mi), and lies 975 metres (3,199 ft) above sea level.' The lake is a reservoir for the Rud hydroelectric powerstation in Hovet, Buskerud. In 1952/1953 a dam was constructed which lifted the lake level 28 meters, thus the lake varies between 950 and 978 m above sea level.
Hovet is a mountain village in Hol, Buskerud, Norway.
Hivjufossen is a 250 meters high waterfall in Hovet, a village in the municipality of Hol in the county Buskerud, in Norway.
Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based, but the County Governor is based in Hermansverk. The county is one of two counties in Norway that have Nynorsk as their official written language form.
Troms og Finnmark was a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. It was the largest county by area in Norway, encompassing about 75,000 square kilometres (29,000 sq mi), and was formed by the merger of the former Finnmark and Troms counties in addition to Tjeldsund Municipality from Nordland county.
