Mågålaupet (also written Magalaupet, Maglaupet og Måggålaupet) is a 100-meter (330 ft) long, zigzag-shaped gorge in the river Driva in Oppdal municipality in Trøndelag, Norway. The narrowest point is 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 in) wide. The depth is estimated to 10 meters (33 ft).
The gorge consists of a series of large interconnected giant's kettles formed by the river Driva since the last ice age. The bedrock in the gorge is hard gneiss, and Driva is eroding it at a speed of 1 millimetre (0.039 in) per year, equivalent to 10 meters (33 ft) in 10 000 years.
 Giant's kettles in Mågålaupet. |
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