Jakta is a tall
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 ...
in the
Sunnmørsalpene mountain range. It is located in the municipality of
Ørsta in
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,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. Jakta lies south of the nearby mountain
Slogen
Slogen is a mountain rising up from Hjørundfjorden in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The mountain is located just west of the municipal boundary with Stranda and just north of the nearby mountain Jakta. Many fa ...
and just across the
Hjørundfjorden from the mountain
Skårasalen. The village of
Leira lies south of Jakta.
On August 2, 1896, the two Brits H.C. Bowen and Cecil W. Patchell became the first known people to reach the top of Jakta.
See also
*
List of mountains of Norway
References
External links
westcoastpeaks.com, Trip report, many pictures
Mountains of Møre og Romsdal
Ørsta
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