Blåhøa is a mountain

Mountain

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 in the municipality of Oppdal

Oppdal

is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Dovre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppdal. Other villages in the municipality include Lønset, Vognillan, Fagerhaug, and Holan...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

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. It is the highest at the northeastern end of the Trollheimen

Trollheimen

Trollheimen is a mountain range in Møre og Romsdal and Sør-Trøndelag counties in central Norway. The mountain range is part of the Scandinavian Mountains.- Etymology :...

 mountain range. The mountain is located in the northwestern part of the municipality, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the lake Gjevillvatnet, about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) west of Nerskogen

Nerskogen, Sør-Trøndelag

Nerskogen is a mountain village in the municipality of Rennebu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located about west of Voll and about north of Vognillan in Oppdal. Nerskogen Chapel is located in the village....

 (in Rennebu

Rennebu

Rennebu is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Berkåk, located along European route E6...

), and about 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) northwest of Vognillan

Vognillan

Vognillan is a small village in the municipality of Oppdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along Norwegian National Road 70, about east of Lønset, about west of the municipal center of Oppdal, and about south of Nerskogen ....

.

The 1671 metres (5,482.3 ft) tall mountain has a topographic prominence

Topographic prominence

In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop , or prime factor , categorizes the height of the mountain's or hill's summit by the elevation between it and the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit...

 of 910 metres (2,985.6 ft). The Speilsalen

Speilsalen

Speilsalen was a natural glacial formation caused by a river underneath a glacier in the Trollheimen mountains in the municipality of Oppdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It was located at the northeast base of the mountain Blåhøa....

 glacial tunnel was located about 1.5 kilometre (0.93205910497471 mi) northeast of the peak.

Name

The first element is blå which means "blue

Blue

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", and the last element is hø(a) which means a "large and round mountain".