Tessand

Tessand
Village
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Coordinates: 61°50′53″N 8°57′46″E / 61.84797°N 8.96267°E / 61.84797; 8.96267
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 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.

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