SALTFJELLET

'Saltfjellet' (lit. ''The Salt Mountain'') is a mountain area in Nordland, Norway that separates the two regions of Helgeland and Salten. This is also where the Arctic Circle cuts through Norway. The mountains stretch from the coast to the Swedish border. Large parts of the mountain is covered by the glacier Svartisen, and it is part of the national park Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park. Several long valleys radiate from the mountains, especially in the eastern part, where there are plateaus and rounded mountains. The mountains in the western part is more alpine and steep, and this is where the engabreen glacier tongue of Western Svartisen almost reaches down to the fjord.

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Transport

There are two main transport routes over the mountains, the highway European route E6 and the railway line Nordlandsbanen. E6 was opened in 1937 and was asphalted in 1972. Until 1968 the road was closed in the winter. The railway line was built over the mountain during World War II and opened in 1947.