Digerronden 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 ...

Dovre Municipality Dovre 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 Dovre. Other villages in Dovre include Dombås and Hjerkinn. The mu ...

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

Rondane Rondane National Park ( no, Rondane nasjonalpark) is the oldest national park in Norway, having been established on 21 December 1962. The park is located in Innlandet county, in the municipalities of Dovre, Folldal, Sel, Nord-Fron, Sør-Fron, Stor ...

mountains and inside the

Rondane National Park Rondane National Park ( no, Rondane nasjonalpark) is the oldest national park in Norway, having been established on 21 December 1962. The park is located in Innlandet county, in the municipalities of Dovre, Folldal, Sel, Nord-Fron, Sør-Fron, Stor ...

. It is one of the ten mountains in the park that are over in elevation. The mountain has a characteristic pyramidal shape and it is located about northeast of the town of Otta and about southeast of the village of

Dombås is a village or small town in Dovre Municipality in northern Innlandet county, Norway. The village serves as the commercial centre for the upper Gudbrandsdalen valley. It lies at an important junction of roads with the European route E6 highway ...

. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including

Midtronden Midtronden is a mountain in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains and inside the Rondane National Park, about northeast of the town of Otta and about southeast of the village of ...

and

Høgronden Høgronden is a mountain in Folldal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain lies inside Rondane National Park in the northeastern part of the Rondane mountain range. The mountain lies east of Midtronden and Digerronden, north ...

to the east;

Rondeslottet Rondslottet is the highest mountain in the Rondane mountain range in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain sits on the border between Dovre Municipality and Folldal Municipality, just north of the border with Sel Municipality. There is a tr ...

to the south;

Veslesmeden Veslesmeden is a mountain in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains and inside the Rondane National Park, about northeast of the town of Otta and about southeast of the village of ...

, Storsmeden, Sagtindene, and Trolltinden to the southwest; Gråhøe and

Vassberget Vassberget is a mountain in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains and inside the Rondane National Park, about northeast of the town of Otta and about southeast of the village of ...

to the west; and

Stygghøin Stygghøin is a mountain massif in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The highest peak in Styyghøin is tall. It is located in the Rondane mountains and inside the Rondane National Park, about north of the town of Otta and about ...

to the northwest.

Name

The first element is ''diger'' which means "huge" or "enormous". The last part of the name is ''-ronden'' which is the finite plural of the word ''rond''. Several mountains in the area have the ending ''-ronden'' (Digerronden,

Storronden Storronden is a mountain in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains within Rondane National Park. The mountain sits about northeast of the town of Otta. The mountain is surrounded by ...

and

Vinjeronden Vinjeronden is a mountain in Innlandet county, Norway. It is one of the ten mountains in the Rondane mountain range measuring over in height. The mountain is a tri-point that lies on the border of the three municipalities of Dovre, Folldal, and ...

), and this is the finite singular of the same word. The word ''rond'' was probably originally the name of the long and narrow lake such as

Rondvatnet Rondvatnet is a lake in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake is a long, narrow lake in Rondane National Park, about northeast of the town of Otta. The Norwegian Mountain Touring Association's tourist cabins at Rondvassbu are ...

and the mountains surrounding the lake were then named after this lake.

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