Mardalsfossen
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| Location | Nesset, Møre og Romsdal, Norway |
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| Coordinates | 62°28′32.86″N 8°7′26.71″E / 62.4757944°N 8.1240861°ECoordinates: 62°28′32.86″N 8°7′26.71″E / 62.4757944°N 8.1240861°E |
| Total height | 705 metres (2,313 ft) |
| Height of longest drop | 358 m (1,175 ft) |
| Average width | 24 m (79 ft) |
Mardalsfossen is one of the ten highest waterfalls in Europe. It is located in the municipality of Nesset, Norway.
The total fall is 705 m according to SSB, 657 m according to World Waterfall Database. It consists of two large drops and several smaller ones lower down. The highest vertical drop, which is 358 m, is one of the tallest in Norway. It is on average 24 m wide. It is a tiered waterfall.
The water, which has been tapped for hydroelectric use, flows over the falls during the summer tourist season of 20 June to 20 August. At other times the water is channeled through the hydroelectric scheme.
In 1970 Arne Næss, the Norwegian founder of the Deep Ecology movement, tied himself with 300 others in protest againsts the building of a dam and the subsequent removal of the waterfall. [1]
The waterfall is depicted in Nesset's coat-of-arms.
[edit] The name
The first element is the genitive of the name of the valley Mardalen, the last element is the finite form of foss 'waterfall'. The name of the valley is a compound of an old rivername *Mara (now Mardøla) and the finite form of dal 'dale, valley'. The old name of the river is probably derived from the verb mara 'rub, grave, dig'.
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