Hallingskarvet

{{Short description|Mountain range in southern Norway}}

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|map = Vestland#Buskerud#Norway

|map_alt = Map of the location

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|range_coordinates = {{coord|60.6128|7.6662|region:NO_type:mountain|display=inline}}{{cite web|url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Viken/Hol/Hallingskarvet/|title=Hallingskarvet, Hol (Viken) |publisher=yr.no |language=Norwegian|accessdate=2020-03-01}}

|location = Vestland and Buskerud, Norway

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|highest = Folarskardnuten

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Hallingskarvet is a mountain range in southern Norway stretching from Geilo to Finse in Vestland and Buskerud counties. The highest point is the {{convert|1933|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Folarskardnuten in Hol Municipality in Buskerud county.

In the north, there is a large dammed lake called Strandavatnet. The Bergen Line railway, which runs south of Hallingskarvet, has its highest stop at Finse Station at an elevation of {{convert|1222|m}}.{{cite web|url=http://snl.no/Hallingskarvet|title=Hallingskarvet|author=Store norske leksikon|authorlink=Store norske leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2014-05-25}}

In 2006, the Hallingskarvet mountain range became part of the Hallingskarvet National Park.

{{Wide image|Prestholtskarvet.jpeg|1800px|Prestholtskarvet, eastern part of Hallingskarvet seen from the south}}

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Category:Mountain ranges of Norway

Category:Mountains of Vestland

Category:Mountains of Buskerud

Category:Scandinavian Mountains

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