Urddalsknuten
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Urddalsknuten or Urdalsknuten is a mountain that lies on the border of the municipalities Sirdal
Sirdal
Sirdal is a municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. Sirdal was separated from Bakke in 1849. Sirdal was divided into Tonstad and Øvre Sirdal on 1 January 1905, but these were again merged to recreate Sirdal on 1 January 1960....

 in Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder
In the 16th century, Dutch merchant vessels began to visit ports in southern Norway to purchase salmon and other goods. Soon thereafter the export of timber began, as oak from southern Norway was exceptionally well suited for shipbuilding...

 county and Valle in Aust-Agder
Aust-Agder
is a county in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland, and Vest-Agder. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which is 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area is . The administrative center of the county is in Arendal....

 county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The mountain is located in the Setesdalsheiene
Setesdalsheiene
Setesdalsheiene is the collective term for the mountains to the west and east of the Setesdalen valley in Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder counties in Southern Norway. The river Otra flows through the valley between the mountains....

 mountain range, and at 1434 metres (4,704.7 ft), it is the highest mountain in Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder
In the 16th century, Dutch merchant vessels began to visit ports in southern Norway to purchase salmon and other goods. Soon thereafter the export of timber began, as oak from southern Norway was exceptionally well suited for shipbuilding...

 county. The mountain lies about 22 kilometres (13.7 mi) west of the village of Valle, and the lakes Botnsvatnet
Botnsvatnet
Botnsvatnet or Botsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Valle in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The lake is located just north of the lakes Rosskreppfjorden and Kolsvatnet and also to the north of the mountain Urddalsknuten. The village of Valle is located to the east of the lake. The lake has...

, Kolsvatnet
Kolsvatnet
Kolsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Valle in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located about southwest of the village of Valle. The lake is located south of the lake Botnsvatnet, east of the mountain Urddalsknuten, and northeast of the lake Rosskreppfjorden. The lake has an area of and...

, and Øyarvatnet
Øyarvatnet
Øyarvatnet or Øyarvatn is a lake in the municipality of Valle in Aust-Agder county and Sirdal in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is part of the Kvina river system. It is located just to the south of the lake Rosskreppfjorden. The lake has an area of and sits at an elevation of ....

surround the base of the mountain.
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