Storsylen is the highest mountain in the Sylan

Sylan

Sylan , Sylarna , Bealjehkh is a mountain range on the border between Norway and Sweden, in the counties Sør-Trøndelag and Jämtland....

 mountain range. It is located in the municipality of Tydal

Tydal

Tydal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås. Other villages include Østby, Gressli, Aunet, and Stugudalen. There is a school and a kindergarten in Tydal....

, Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, less than 100 metres (328.1 ft) west of the border with Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. The 1762 metres (5,780.8 ft) tall mountain lies about 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of the lake Nesjøen

Nesjøen

Nesjøen is an artificial lake in the Nea-Nidelv watershed which lies in the Sylan region of the municipality of Tydal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies about southeast of the municipal center of Ås and north of the village of Stugudalen...

. To climb the mountain from the south, the route is characterized as scrambling

Scrambling

Scrambling is a method of ascending rocky faces and ridges. It is an ambiguous term that lies somewhere between hillwalking and rock climbing. It is often distinguished from hillwalking by defining a scramble as a route where hands must be used in the ascent...

, from the north it is an easy hike

Hiking

Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking...

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Name

The first element is stor meaning "big" and the last element is the finite singular

Grammatical number

In linguistics, grammatical number is a grammatical category of nouns, pronouns, and adjective and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions ....

 form of syl which means "awl

Stitching awl

A stitching awl is a simple tool with which holes can be punctured in a variety of materials, or existing holes can be enlarged. It is also used for sewing heavy materials, such as leather or canvas. It is a thin, tapered metal shaft, coming to a sharp point, either straight or slightly bent....

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