{{Short description|Mountain range in Nordland, Norway}} {{Infobox mountain |name = {{native name list|tag1=no|name1=Okstindan|tag2=sma|name2=Staajhk'åelkie}} |other_name = |image = Image7-19918810.jpg |image_size = |image_caption = Seen from Litjfjellet by Drevvatn |mapframe-zoom = 7 |mapframe-caption = Interactive map of the mountain <!--range description--> |range_coordinates = {{coord|66.0001|14.2937|region:NO_type:mountain|display=inline}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Okstindan, Hemnes (Nordland) |url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nordland/Hemnes/Okstindan/ |access-date=2019-02-16 |publisher=yr.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref> |location = Nordland, Norway |parent = |length_km = |width_km = |area_km2 = <!--highest point in range --> |highest = Oksskolten |highest_location = Hemnes Municipality, Nordland, Norway |coordinates = {{coord|66.0122|14.3386|region:NO_type:mountain|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 1916 |prominence_m = |isolation_km = |topo = }}
{{native name|no|'''Okstindan'''}} or {{native name|sma|'''Staajhk'åelkie'''}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/804100 |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> is a mountain range which lies in the inner Helgeland district in Nordland county, Norway. It is located within Hemnes Municipality. The mountain Oksskolten is part of the Okstindan range, and it is the highest mountain in North Norway. Other mountains in the range include Okstinden, Okshornet, Vesttinden, and Bessedørtinden. Between these mountains lies the large glacier Okstindbreen. The Swedish border lies just to the east of the mountains.<ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Okstindane |url=http://snl.no/Okstindane |access-date=2011-12-02 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
The most common starting point for tours of the Okstindan mountains is from the Leirskardalen valley or the lake Kjennsvannet in Hemnes Municipality.
==Media gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> Okstindan.JPG|Okstindan, Nordland, Norway Okstindan sett fra Sverige.jpg|View of the mountains from Sweden Rabothytta 7.JPG| Hemnes with lake Rössvatnet NE IMG 3479 Okstindan Hjortefjellet Ölfjellet.JPG| </gallery>
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Category:Landforms of Nordland Category:Mountain ranges of Norway
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