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{{Short description|Protected area in Vestland county, Norway}}
{{Infobox Protected area 
| name            = Utladalen Landscape Protection Area
| iucn_category   = V
| photo           = Hjellefossen i Utladalen.jpg
| photo_caption   = Hjellefossen waterfall in Utladalen
| location        = [[Jotunheimen]], [[Norway]]
| nearest_city    = [[Øvre Årdal]]
| coordinates     = {{coords|61|24|57|N|08|01|58|E|display=inline, title}}
| area            = {{convert|300|km2|abbr=on}}
| established     = December 5, 1980
| visitation_num  = 
| visitation_year = 
| governing_body  = [[Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management]]
}}

'''Utladalen Landscape Protection Area''' ({{langx|no|Utladalen landskapsvernområde}}) is adjacent to [[Jotunheimen National Park]], covering [[Utladalen]], Norway's deepest valley.  It is located about {{convert|5|km}} northeast of [[Øvre Årdal]] in the municipality of [[Årdal]] in [[Vestland]] county, [[Norway]].  

The landscape protection area was established 1980 and covers about {{convert|300|km2}} at an elevation of about {{convert|1000|m}} above sea level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Sogn_og_Fjordane/%C3%85rdal/Utladalen_landskapsvernomr%C3%A5de/|title=Utladalen landskapsvernområde|publisher=[[yr.no]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2010-09-06}}</ref> It includes both the [[Utladalen]] and [[Avdalen]] valleys as well as areas that extend both westward and northward to Jotunheimen National Park, and eastward to lake [[Tyin]].  The waterfall [[Vettisfossen]] and the mountain [[Falketind]] are both located within the protection area.
[[File:Utla river near Vetti Gard.jpg|thumbnail|left|[[Utla]] river near Vetti Gard on the way to [[Vettisfossen]]]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.dirnat.no/attachment.ap?id=1352 Map of Jotunheimen National Park and Utladalen Landscape Protection Area] {{in lang|no}}

[[Category:Landscape protection areas in Norway]]
[[Category:Geography of Vestland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1980]]
[[Category:1980 establishments in Norway]]


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