Høgheitinden or Heiane is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

Hustadvika Municipality Hustadvika is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Nordmøre and Romsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Elnesvågen. Other villages in the municipali ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

county,

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. The tall mountain sits immediately to the northeast of the village of

Elnesvågen Elnesvågen is the administrative centre of Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Frænafjorden about north of the town of Molde, east of the village of Tornes, and northwest of the villag ...

. Locals refer to the mountain as ''Heiane'', and they distinguish between the popular ridge and the summit using the names

Lågheiane Lågheiane or Lågheia is a mountain ridge in Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The ridge sits at an elevation of above sea level and it is part of the larger mountain Høgheitinden. From the top of the ridge, there is ...

for the ridge and ''Høgheiane'' for the summit. Elnesvågen from Heiane in winter

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Mountains of Møre og Romsdal Hustadvika (municipality) {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub

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