Karitinden

{{Short description|Mountain in Central Norway}}

{{Infobox mountain

|name = Karitinden

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|photo = Karitinden.jpg

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|photo_caption = View of Karitinden

|map_image = {{Infobox mapframe|wikidata=yes|zoom=9|marker=mountain}}

|map_caption = Interactive map of the mountain

|coordinates = {{coord|62.18521|7.73451|region:NO_type:mountain|display=inline,title|format=dms}}{{Cite web |title=Karitinden |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-178027/Norge/M%C3%B8re%20og%20Romsdal/Rauma/Karitinden |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=yr.no |language=no}}

|location = Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet, Norway

|elevation_m = 1983

|prominence_m = 341

|isolation_km = 3.9

|elevation_ref = {{Cite web |title=Karitinden |url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/karitinden.html |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=PeakVisor.com}}

|prominence_ref =

|isolation_ref =

|range = Tafjordfjella

|parent_peak = Puttegga

|topo = {{M711|1319 II Tordsvatnet}}

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|age =

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|easiest_route = Hiking

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Karitinden{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/436152 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}} is a mountain in the Tafjordfjella mountain range inside Reinheimen National Park on the border of Innlandet and Møre og Romsdal counties in Norway. The top of the mountain is a tripoint border junction for Skjåk Municipality (in Innlandet county), and Fjord Municipality and Rauma Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal county).

The nearest village is Tafjord which lies {{convert|17|km}} to the northwest. The lake Tordsvatnet lies {{convert|4|km}} southeast of the mountain and the mountain Puttegga lies {{convert|4|km}} to the northwest. Other mountains that surround the mountain include Benkehøa to the southeast, Veltdalseggi to the south, and Tordsnose to the southwest.

Name

The first element is the female name Kari and the last element is the definite form of {{wikt-lang|no|tind}} which means "mountain peak". The reason for the name, and who the person Kari was, is unknown.

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