Melderskin

{{Short description|Mountain in Vestland, Norway}}

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| name = Melderskin

| qid = Q11236492

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| photo = Rosendal_from_Veten.jpg

| photo_caption = Rosendal under Melderskin (left) and Laurdalstind (1,307 meters above sea level). Seen from Veten on Snilstveitøy

| elevation_m = 1,426

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| location = Kvinnherad, Vestland, Norway

| range = Scandinavian Mountains

| map = Vestland

| map_caption = Location of the mountain in Vestland, Norway

| coordinates = {{WikidataCoord|Q11236492}}

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Melderskin is a mountain peak in Kvinnherad kommune in Hordaland. The mountain, which has a height of {{convert|1426|m|ft}} above sea level, is located just behind Barony of Rosendal. In the middle of the mountain there is a small U-valley where the waterfall begins, and the U-valley lies between two mountain peaks as seen in the image.

Melderskin is the nearest mountain to Ben Nevis (the highest mountain in the United Kingdom) that is higher than Ben Nevis, and therefore defines the topographic isolation of Ben Nevis: {{convert|459|mi|km|abbr=off|order=flip}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.peakbagger.com/Isolate.aspx?pid=9269|title=Isolation for Ben Nevis - Peakbagger.com|website=www.peakbagger.com}}

The name comes from the Norse words melder, which means 'grain that is ground into flour' and skin which means shine or shine. The meaning then becomes "the mountain with a shiny layer of snow on top".