Ølfjellet is the highest mountain in the mountain range Saltfjellet

Saltfjellet

Saltfjellet is a mountain area in Nordland, Norway that separates the two regions of Helgeland and Salten. It is also a cultural border between the Southern and Central parts of Sápmi.-Geography and environment:...

, in Nordland

Nordland

is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...

, 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...

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The mountain has two peaks, the highest being 1,751 meters. Approximately 1.5 km north of the highest peak is a peak with height 1,651 meters.

The name

The first element is probably øl m 'warmth, heat', the last element is the finite form of fjell n 'fell, mountain'. (The top of the mountain is seldom covered with snow.)