DUNDERLANDSDAL

dunderlandsdal, a valley of northern norway, in nordland _amt_ (county), draining south-westward from the neighbouring glaciers to the ranenfjord (lat. 66 deg. 20' n.). there are deposits of iron ore, the working of which was undertaken in 1902 by the dunderland iron ore company, water-power being provided by the strong dunderland river. there are also pyrites mines. at the mouth of the river is mo, a considerable trading village. the valley is remarkable for several stalactite caverns in the limestone, some of the tributary streams flowing for considerable distances underground. from mo a fine road crosses the mountains to the head-lake of the great ume river, draining to the baltic, and from the head of dunderlandsdal a sequestered bridle-path runs to saltdal on the skjerstadfjord, with a branch through the magnificent junkersdal.