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Høgvagltindene
Høgvagltindene is a mountain group on the border of Lom Municipality in Innlandet county and Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The group includes three main peaks: Vestre Høgvagltinden, Midtre Høgvagltinden, and Austre Høgvagltinden. The highest peak in the group is the tall Midtre Høgvagltinden. The mountains are located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountains sit about southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountains are surrounded by several other notable mountains including Kyrkja, Kyrkjeoksli, and Langvasshøi to the northeast; Skarddalstinden and Skarddalseggi to the southeast; Rauddalstindane to the southwest; and Stehøi and Stetinden to the northwest. See also *List of mountains of Norway by height There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters. The following list i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innlandet
Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The new county has an area of , making it the second largest county in Norway after Troms og Finnmark county. The county name translates to "The Inland" which reflects that the county is the only landlocked county in Norway. The county covers approximately 17% of the total area of the mainland area of Norway. It stretches from the Viken county and the Oslo region in the south to Trøndelag county in the north. In the northwest, the county borders Møre og Romsdal and the Vestland county in the west. To the east the county borders the Swedish counties of Värmland and Dalarna. The northern and western areas of the county are dominated by the mountainous areas Rondane, Dovrefjell and Jotunheimen. The Galdhøpiggen mountain is located within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyrkja
Kyrkja is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about south of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Urdadalstindene and Semelholstinden to the east; Kyrkjeoksli, Visbretinden, and Langvasshøi to the southeast; Høgvagltindene to the south; Stehøi and Stetinden to the west; and Tverrbottindene and Tverrbytthornet to the north. The mountain is named which means "The Church". This name was given because its peak is extremely steep and resembles a church spire. Kyrkja was not thought to be climbable until the 19th-century, due to its steepness. Despite its slopes, climbing to the top is a day’s hike, helped by the rocks covering the mountainside. Kyrkja used to be covered in snow, but climate change has severely lessened the amount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stetinden (Lom)
Stetinden is a mountain on the border of Luster Municipality in Vestland county and Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Kyrkja, Kyrkjeoksli, and Høgvagltindene to the southeast; Surtningstinden, Gravdalstinden, and Søre Smørstabbtindan to the southwest; Storebjørn and Veslebjørn to the west; Smørstabbtindene, Sokse, and Kniven to the northwest; Rundhøi and Sauhøi to the north; Tverrbottindene to the northeast; and Tverrbytthornet to the east. See also *List of mountains of Norway by height There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stehøi
Stehøi or Stehøe is a mountain on the border of Luster Municipality in Vestland county and Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Kyrkja and Kyrkjeoksli to the east, Høgvagltindene to the southeast, Surtningstinden and Gravdalstinden to the southwest, Smørstabbtindene and Stetinden to the northwest, and Tverrbottindene to the northeast. See also *List of mountains of Norway by height There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Jotunheimen Lom, Norway Luster, Norwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skarddalseggi
Skarddalseggi or Skardalseggje is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about south of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Storådalshøi to the east; Store Rauddalseggi to the south; Skarddalstinden to the west; Austre Høgvagltinden and Høgvagltindene to the northwest; Kyrkja, Kyrkjeoksli, Langvasshøi, and Visbretinden to the north; and Urdadalstindene and Semeltinden to the northeast. See also *List of mountains of Norway by height There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Jotunheimen Lom, Norway Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skarddalstinden
Skarddalstinden is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about south of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Skarddalseggi and Storådalshøi to the east; Store Rauddalseggi to the south; Austre Høgvagltinden and Høgvagltindene to the northwest; Kyrkja, Kyrkjeoksli, Langvasshøi, and Visbretinden to the north; and Urdadalstindene and Semeltinden to the northeast. See also *List of mountains of Norway by height There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Jotunheimen Lom, Norway Mountains of Innlandet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langvasshøi
Langvasshøi is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about south of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Urdadalstindene, Visbretinden, and Semelholstinden to the northeast; Semeltinden to the southeast; Skarddalstinden and Skarddalseggi o to the south; Høgvagltindene to the southwest; Kyrkja and Kyrkjeoksli to the northwest; and Tverrbytthornet to the north. See also *List of mountains of Norway by height There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Jotunheimen Lom, Norway Mountains of Innlandet {{Innl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austre Høgvagltinden
Austre Høgvagltinden is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains which are located inside Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountains are surrounded by several other notable mountains including Kyrkja, Kyrkjeoksli, and Langvasshøi to the northeast; Skarddalstinden and Skarddalseggi to the southeast; Rauddalstindane to the southwest; and Stehøi and Stetinden to the northwest. See also *List of mountains of Norway by height There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Jotunheimen Lom, Norway Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyrkjeoksli
Kyrkjeoksli or Kyrkjeoksle is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about south of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Urdadalstindene, Visbretinden, and Semelholstinden to the east; Langvasshøi to the southeast; Skarddalstinden and Høgvagltindene to the south; Stehøi and Stetinden to the northwest; and Kyrkja, Tverrbottindene, and Tverrbytthornet to the north. See also *List of mountains of Norway by height There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Jotunheimen Lom, Norway Mountains of Innlandet {{I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mountains Of Norway By Height
There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic isolation refers to the shortest ''horizontal'' distance one would have to travel to find a higher summit. Location of peaks Most of these peaks are in the municipalities of Lom, Norway, Lom, Skjåk, Luster, Norway, Luster, and Vågå, connected to the mountain chain that reaches its prominence with Jotunheimen. There are also several peaks in Dovrefjell, Rondane, Dovre, Lesja, and Folldal that also reach above 2000 meters. All the peaks are to be found in 14 topographical maps (Norge 1:50000) published by the Norwegian government cartography office, of which 21 peaks are in ''1518 II Galdhøpiggen'', 18 in ''1618 III Glittertinden'', and 13 in ''1617 IV Gjende''. The northernmost is in the Dovre area, meaning there are no 2000 m peaks in n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fossbergom
Fossbergom is the administrative centre of Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the south shore of the river Otta, at the north end of the Bøverdal valley. The village has a population (2021) of 830 and a population density of . Fossbergom is the main population centre for the municipality and a large portion of the residents work in the tourism, commerce, and the service sectors. Geography Bøverdalen, a valley in the western part of Lom, stretches from Fossbergom to the Sogn area in Western Norway. Fossbergom is situated where the river Bøvra falls over Prestfossen waterfall into the river Otta. Transportation Fossbergom is located on a main transportation junction with roads leading to Stryn (Rv.15 Strynefjellsvegen road), Sogn (Rv. 55 Sognefjellsvegen road), and Eastern Norway. During the summer months, this is an important road junction connecting Eastern and Western Norway. The Sognefjellsvegen road is closed from October/Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
