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    Hardangervidda (English: Hardanger Plateau) is a mountain plateau (Norwegian: vidde) in central southern Norway, covering parts of Vestland, Telemark,...
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    Hardangervidda National Park (English: Hardanger Plateau National Park, Norwegian: Hardangervidda nasjonalpark), at 3,422 square kilometres (1,321 sq mi)...
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  • The Hardangervidda Natursenter is a museum and visitor center at Hardangervidda National Park in Vestland county, Norway. The nature centre is located...
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    to as et fjell (a mountain). High plateaus (vidde landscape) such as Hardangervidda are also regarded as fjell. Professor of geography at the University...
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    the highest mainline railway line in Northern Europe, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau at 1,237 metres (4,058 ft) above sea level. The railway opened...
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    Spring ski touring on Hardangervidda, Norway...
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    (597 ft). Large parts of the Hardangervidda (Europe's largest mountain plateau) are located in Eidfjord. The Hardangervidda Natursenter, a visitors centre...
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  • heavy water for a nuclear energy project. Haugland was parachuted over Hardangervidda on 18 October 1942 together with Arne Kjelstrup, Jens-Anton Poulsson...
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    Trolltunga (Norway) Show map of Norway Location Vestland, Norway Topo map Hardangervidda Vest (2010) Geology Mountain type Granite penetrated by glacial erosion...
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    prone to multiple-vehicle collision. Convoy driving is used through Hardangervidda pass on road 7 during blizzards. Convoy is sometimes used on road E134...
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    lies on the southern part of the vast Hardangervidda mountain plateau, and is the highest mountain on Hardangervidda when the bordering summits of Hardangerjøkulen...
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    Larvik. National Road 40 runs from Larvik. National Road 7 crosses Hardangervidda to Geilo. Numedal Line Railway (Numedalsbanen) was opened in 1927 and...
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    terrain for skiing, and was a good starting point for hiking on the Hardangervidda plateau and Gaustatoppen. In 1968, Krokan by the Rjukan waterfall became...
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    Oslomarka area and the Norwegian Trekking Association nationally, including Hardangervidda, Rondane, and Jotunheimen. The Norwegian Trekking Association (Norwegian:...
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    The Hardangervidda plateau in southern Norway is a peneplain formed in the Miocene epoch and then uplifted to its present altitude of 1200 m a.s.l....
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    (R. t. tarandus) still live in the mountains of Norway, notably in Hardangervidda. In Sweden there are approximately 250,000 reindeer in herds managed...
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  • Numedalslågen. Bjornesfjorden is situated in the Hardangervidda plateau and lies within the Hardangervidda National Park. List of lakes in Norway Geir Thorsnæs...
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    located inside the county of Vestland. The area is dominated by the vast Hardangervidda plateau in the east and the large Folgefonna glacier on the central...
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    ecoregion will shrink in size, especially the coldest alpine zones. The Hardangervidda plateau is expected to be largely covered by forest and forest will...
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  • the landscape of Hardanger is centered A mountain plateau in Norway, Hardangervidda Hardanger fiddle, a Norwegian stringed instrument Hardanger embroidery...
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  • Operations Executive. He returned to Norway, being parachuted in over Hardangervidda, to participate in the Operation Sunshine with Leif Tronstad. Syverstad...
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    Northern Europe. It was built in 1928 as a gift from Norsk Hydro. The Hardangervidda National Park center is located at the lake Møsvatn, just east of Tinn...
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    parts of the vast Hardangervidda plateau. The mountain is located in the municipality of Ullensvang, and it is inside the Hardangervidda National Park. At...
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    most notable fjords and great tourist attractions. About half of the Hardangervidda National Park is in the county. It also includes the Jostedal, Folgefonna...
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    is Østmarka established in 2023. The largest park on the mainland is Hardangervidda, which covers an area of 3,422 km2 (1,321 sq mi). Gutulia is the smallest...
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    Plain (Bulgaria) Wallachian Plain (Romania) Cheshire Plain (England) Hardangervidda (Norway) Kaffiøyra (Svalbard, Norway) Muddus plains (Sweden) North European...
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    themselves are a spectacular landscape, similar in appearance to the Hardangervidda National Park of Norway in having a large area of upland plateau.[citation...
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    scatter of mountain regions with individual names, such as Dovrefjell, Hardangervidda, Jotunheimen, and Rondane. The mountain chain's highest summits are...
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    Norway, they normally breed in Finnmark and seldom down as far south as Hardangervidda and in Sweden perhaps down to the Scandinavian Mountains while breeding...
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  • in Buskerud county. The lake lies just inside Hardangervidda National Park on the vast Hardangervidda plateau. The northern part of the lake is accessible...
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