Storsylen
Mountain in Trøndelag, Norway
title: "Storsylen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["tydal-municipality", "mountains-of-trøndelag"] description: "Mountain in Trøndelag, Norway" topic_path: "general/tydal-municipality" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storsylen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain in Trøndelag, Norway ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Storsylen |
| photo | StorsylenNorthernRidge.jpg |
| photo_caption | Summit seen from the northern ridge, along main hiking route |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 7 |
| mapframe-wikidata | yes |
| mapframe-caption | Interactive map of the mountain |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_ref | |
| location | Trøndelag, Norway |
| elevation_m | 1762 |
| prominence_m | 640 |
| prominence_ref | |
| range | Sylan |
| topo | |
| easiest_route | Hiking |
| :: |
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Storsylen is a mountain in Tydal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. At 1762 m, Storsylen is the highest mountain in the Sylan mountain range. The mountain summit lies less than 100 m west of the national border with Sweden and about 8 km east of the lake Nesjøen. To climb the mountain from the south, the route is characterized as scrambling, from the north it is an easy hike.
Name
The first element is meaning "big" and the last element is the finite singular form of which means "awl".
Media gallery
File:Sylmassivet.JPG|View towards south File:Storsylen 2.JPG|Storsylen mountain File:Storsylen-primærnivå.JPG|View of Storsylen File:Storsylen.JPG|View of the peak
References
References
- "Storsylen, Tydal (Trøndelag)". [[yr.no]].
- "Storsylen 1762 moh - fakta". Toppomania.
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
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