Leirhøi or Leirhøe is a
mountain
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in
Lom Municipality
Lom Municipality ( bg, Община Лом) is a frontier municipality ('' obshtina'') in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre †...
in
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 ...
county,
Norway
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. The tall mountain is located in the
Jotunheimen
Jotunheimen (; "the home of the Jötunn") is a mountainous area of roughly in southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all located in the Jotunheimen mountains, in ...
mountains within
Jotunheimen National Park
Jotunheimen National Park ( no, Jotunheimen nasjonalpark, "Home of the Giants") is a national park in Norway, recognized as one of the country's premier hiking and fishing regions. The national park covers and is part of the larger area Jotunhe ...
. The mountain sits about south of the village of
Fossbergom and about southwest of the village of
Vågåmo. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including
Spiterhøi and
Skauthøi to the northwest;
Veobreahesten and
Veopallan to the northeast;
Veotinden and
Veobretinden to the southeast;
Store Memurutinden to the south; and
Nørdre Hellstugutinden
Nordre Hellstugutinden or Nørdre Hellstugutinden 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 northeast of t ...
,
Midtre Hellstugutinden
Midtre Hellstugutinden is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. It is the second highest mountain on the Hellstugutindane ridge, a ...
,
Store Hellstugutinden
Store Hellstugutinden 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 northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal a ...
, and
Nestsøre Hellstugutinden to the southwest.
Name
The mountain is named after the lake ''Leirtjønne'' or the brook ''Leirgrove''. The last element is the finite form of ''hø'' which means '(large) round mountain'. The name of the lake is a compound of ''leir'' which means '
clay
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', and the finite form of ''tjønn'' which means 'tarn' or 'small lake'. The last element in the name of the river is the finite form of ''grov'' which means '
brook'.
See also
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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
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