Tessand
Tessand | |
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Village | |
  Tessand  Tessand | |
| Coordinates: 61°50′53″N 8°57′46″E / 61.84797°N 8.96267°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Eastern Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Gudbrandsdal |
| Municipality | Vågå Municipality |
| Elevation | 368 m (1,207 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 2683 Tessanden |
Tessand[2] is a village in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the south shore of the lake Vågåvatnet at the intersection of Norwegian National Road 15 and Norwegian County Road 51, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) to the southwest of the village of Vågåmo.
History
In 1973, A. Krogsrud discovered a tusk from a mammoth in the area around Tessand. The tusk is now at the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo.[3]
References
- ^ "Tessand, Vågå". yr.no. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "Norske mammutfunn Støttann (incisiv)". Naturhistorisk Museum (in Norwegian). Universitetet i Oslo. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2025.