Vulueggi 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 ...

ridge in

Skjåk Municipality Skjåk is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bismo. Most of the municipal residents live in the Billingsdalen and ...

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 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 ...

. The tall mountain is located in the

Tafjordfjella Tafjordfjella or Tafjordfjellene ( en, The Tafjord mountains) is a mountain range in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties, Norway. It is located in the municipalities of Fjord Municipality, Fjord, Stranda Municipality, Stranda, Rauma Municipali ...

mountains and inside the

Reinheimen National Park Reinheimen National Park ( no, Reinheimen nasjonalpark) is a national park in Norway that was established in 2006. The park consists of a continuous protected mountain area. It is located in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties in Norway. The ...

, about northeast of the village of

Grotli Grotli is a village in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Billingsdalen valley at the east end of the lake Breiddalsvatnet, about west of the village of Bismo. The area has a hotel and skiing centre as ...

. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including

Tordsnose Tordsnose is a mountain on the border of Fjord Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal county) and Skjåk Municipality (in Innlandet county) in Norway. The tall mountain lies within the Tafjordfjella mountain range and within Reinheimen National Park ...

to the north,

Veltdalseggi Veltdalseggi is a mountain in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Tafjordfjella mountains and inside the Reinheimen National Park, about northeast of the village of Grotli. The mountain is surrou ...

and

Benkehøa Benkehøa is a mountain on the border of Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county and Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Tafjordfjella mountains and inside the Reinheimen National Park, abou ...

to the northeast,

Høggøymen Høggøymen is a mountain in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Tafjordfjella mountains and inside the Reinheimen National Park, about northwest of the village of Bismo and about northeast of t ...

to the east, and

Krosshø Krosshø is a mountain in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Tafjordfjella mountains, about north of the village of Grotli. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains includin ...

to the west. The mountain ridge has a number of peaks, three of which have a

prominence In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

of more than . The highest of these lies approximately in the middle of Vulueggi, and has a height of above sea level. In the north, east of

Grønvatnet Grønvatnet is a lake in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake lies within the Tafjordfjella mountain range, about north of the village of Grotli. The mountain lake lies in a low area surrounded by mountains, just west of ...

, there is a peak of and in the south is a third peak reaching . The two southernmost of the three peaks form border points for the

. A small

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

sits on top of the mountain ridge.

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Vulueggi
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