Skoddevarre
{{Short description|Mountain in Norway}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Skoddevarre
| photo = Oytunfhs.jpg
| other_name = Skoađđovárri
| photo_caption = View from the peak of Skoddevarre towards Alta.
| elevation_m = 435.4
| elevation_ref =
| listing =
| location = Alta, Finnmark, Norway
| map = Norway
| coordinates = {{Wikidatacoord|Q19388973|display=inline,title}}
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Skoddevarre ({{langx|se|Skoađđovárri}}) is a mountain in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The mountain has several peaks, the tallest of which is located in the east, reaching {{convert|435.4|m}} above sea level.{{cite web |work=norgeskart.no |title=Skoađđovárri |publisher=Norwegian Mapping Authority |url=https://norgeskart.no/#!?project=norgeskart&sok=skoađđovárri&markerLat=7777886.330939171&markerLon=811724.354385746&p=searchOptionsPanel&layers=1004&zoom=11&lat=7777886.33&lon=811724.35}} The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia states that the highest peak is {{convert|434|m}} and is located in the north.{{Cite encyclopedia |last=Askheim |first=Svein |date=26 January 2023 |orig-date=2 September 2019 |encyclopedia=Great Norwegian Encyclopedia |title=Skoddevarre |url=https://snl.no/Skoddevarre}} Nearby settlements include the village of Kvenvik northwest of the mountain and the town of Alta to the northeast. The European route E6 runs north of the mountain between the settlements. The west wall at Skoddevarre is {{convert|200|m}} high and is used for rock climbing. The bedrock consists of sandstone and greenschist. The "Gubben" formation is a pinnacle in the middle of the rock.{{Cite web |title=Skoddevarre Vestveggen |url=https://oppialta.no/pdf/OppIAlta_fjell_skoddevarrevestvegg.pdf |access-date=2019-09-01 |language=no}}
On 31 August 2019, the mountain was the site of a helicopter crash that killed six people.{{cite news |last=Rostad |first=Ida Louise |date=4 September 2019 |work=NRK |title=Helikopterulykken i Alta |trans-title=Helicopter Crash in Alta |language=Norwegian Bokmål |url=https://www.nrk.no/helikopterstyrten-i-alta-1.14684148}} A memorial is located at the crash site, which was built a year after the accident.{{Cite news |last=Nilsen |first=Håkon |date=4 September 2020 |work=Kronstadposten |volume=11 |issue=33 |pages=16–17 |title=Mandag var det ett år siden helikopterulykken: Verdig avduking av minnesmerke på Skoddevarrefjellet |trans-title=One Year Commemoration of Helicopter Crash on Monday: Dignified Unveiling of Memorial on Skoddevarre |language=Norwegian Bokmål}}