Kjerringberget is a

hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct Summit (topography), summit. Terminology The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally con ...

located in the

Lade Lade may refer to: People * Brendon Lade (born 1976), an Australian rules footballer * Sir John Lade (1759–1838), a baronet and Regency horse-breeder * Heinrich Eduard von Lade (1817–1904), a German banker and amateur astronomer * The Jarls o ...

area in the municipality of

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

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. The small mountain is about

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. The

Ladestien Ladestien ( en, the Lade Trail) is a broad walking track that strolls along the Trondheimsfjord around the entire Lade, Trondheim, Lade Peninsula in the municipality of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The track is about long. The wes ...

trail, which goes from

Ladehammeren Ladehammeren is a small mountain on the Lade peninsula in the municipality of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located just south of the Korsvika area. Våttahaugen, the highest point of Ladehammeren, is above sea level. Kjerringb ...

Rotvoll Rotvoll is a neighbourhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Charlottenlund. It is located next to the Trondheim fjord between Leangen to the west and Grillstad to the east. The area is kno ...

, crosses Kjerringberget. The top of Kjerringberget provides a view over western Trondheim,

Munkholmen Munkholmen ( no, Monk's islet) is an islet in the municipality of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island sits in the Trondheimsfjord about northwest of the island of Brattøra and the mouth of the river Nidelva in the center of the ...

, Trondheimsfjord, and

Fosen Fosen is a traditional district in Trøndelag, consisting of the municipalities Osen, Roan Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra and Frøya. The district is dominated by forested valleys, lakes, coastal cliffs but also shallow a ...

. Kjerringberget partly consists of green rocks formed when subterranean

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solidified after flowing out and coming into contact with water, forming pillow lavas. These lavas were later cross-cut by

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s of

trondhjemite Trondhjemite is a leucocratic (light-colored) intrusive igneous rock. It is a variety of tonalite in which the plagioclase is mostly in the form of oligoclase. Trondhjemites that occur in the oceanic crust or in ophiolites are usually called pla ...

Bymarka Bymarka is a large park and nature reserve on the west side of the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. Location and use Bymarka is situated to the west of the city center and has an area of , with more than of walking tracks. Bym ...

west of Trondheim also has similar geological structures, both forming part of the early Ordovician Bymarka ophiolite. Kjerringberget also has some connections to

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. Stone from Kjerringberget was used to build a

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in Korsvika. The mole was never finished because the war ended prior to its completion.

References

Mountains of Trøndelag Geography of Trondheim {{Trøndelag-geo-stub