Vetle Skagastølstinden is one of the peaks constituting Skagastølstindane ("Skagastøl peaks") in the Hurrungane

Hurrungane

Hurrungane is a mountain range in the municipalities Luster and Årdal in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway...

 mountain range, and is among Norway's highest. The 2340 metres (7,677.2 ft) tall mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster

Luster, Norway

Luster is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative centre is Gaupne. Other villages include Skjolden, Hafslo, Jostedal, and Veitastrond....

 in Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane

is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

 county, 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...

. It lies directly between the mountains Midtre Skagastølstind

Midtre Skagastølstind

Midtre Skagastølstind is one of the peaks constituting Skagastølstindane in the Hurrungane mountain range. The tall mountain lies in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The mountain lies in between Nordre Skagastølstind, Vetle Skagastølstind, and...

, Store Skagastølstind

Store Skagastølstind

Store Skagastølstind is the third highest peak in Norway. It is situated on the border between the municipality of Luster and Årdal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The mountain is part of the Hurrungane range...

, and Sentraltind

Sentraltind

Sentraltind is a mountain in the Hurrungane mountains in the Jotunheimen mountain range. The tall mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is the 10th highest summit in Norway...

. The mountains Store Styggedalstinden

Store Styggedalstinden

Store Styggedalstind, is the fourth highest summit in Norway, located within the Hurrungane mountains, which are part of the Jotunheimen mountain range. The mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway...

 and Jervvasstind

Jervvasstind

Jervvasstind is Norway's ninth highest mountain. The tall mountain lies in the Hurrungane mountains in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway...

 lie 1.5 kilometre (0.93205910497471 mi) to the east, and the village of Skjolden

Skjolden

Skjolden is a village in the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Lustrafjord, a branch of the Sognefjord. Skjolden is the innermost point of the Sognefjord, and is the length of the Sognefjord is measured from Skjolden to Ytre Sula island...

 lies 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) 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

Mountain

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 peak". The mountain farm (dairy farm) Skagastølen belongs to the farm Skagen in Luster

Luster, Norway

Luster is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative centre is Gaupne. Other villages include Skjolden, Hafslo, Jostedal, and Veitastrond....

 and stølen is the finite form of støl which means "mountain farm

Transhumance

Transhumance is the seasonal movement of people with their livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. In montane regions it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and to lower valleys in winter. Herders have a permanent home, typically in valleys. Only the herds travel, with...

". Skagen is the finite form of skage which means "headland

Headland

A headland is a point of land, usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends out into a body of water.Headland can also refer to:*Headlands and bays*headLand, an Australian television series...

" or "promontory

Promontory

Promontory may refer to:*Promontory, a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water*Promontory, Utah, the location where the United States first Transcontinental Railroad was completed...

" and the name is equivalent with the famous Skagen

Skagen

Skagen is a projection of land and a town, with a population of 8,515 , in Region Nordjylland on the northernmost tip of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark...

 in Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. The words vetle and vesle mean "the small".