Tverrådalskyrkja is a

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on the border of

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county and

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county,

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. The tall mountain is located in the

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mountains and inside the

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, just north of the large

Harbardsbreen Harbardsbreen is the 10th largest glacier in mainland Norway. It is located on the south side of the Tverrådalskyrkja mountain in the Breheimen mountain range in the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. The glacier is inside Breh ...

glacier. It is north of the village of

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in Luster and southwest of

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in Skjåk. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Tundradalskyrkja to the east, Holåtindan to the southeast, Røykeskardhøi to the west, and Syrtbyttnosi to the northwest. The tall main peak is also called ''Store Tverrådalskyrkja''. About southwest of the main peak, there is a second peak at a height of , called ''Søre Tverrådalskyrkja''. Tverrådalskyrkja can be reached from the

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cabin ''Sotasæter''. Usual access to the peak is over the Fortundalsbreen glacier, then along the eastern ridge.

Name

The first element is the genitive of the valley name ''Tverrådalen''. The last element is the finite form of ''kyrkje'' which means "

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". (Several mountains in Norway are named ''Kyrkja'' because of some likeness in shape with a church.) The first element of the valley name is the river name ''Tverråa'' and the last element is the finite form of ''dal'' which means "dale" or "

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ove ...

". The river name is a compound of ''tverr'' which means "cross" and the finite form of ''å'' which means "(small) river"—thus it is a "side river" (to a bigger river). ''Store Tverrådalskyrkja'' means "The Big Tverrådalskyrkja" and ''Søre Tverrådalskyrkja'' means "The Southern Tverrådalskyrkja".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tverraadalskyrkja Skjåk Luster, Norway Mountains of Innlandet Mountains of Vestland

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