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 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 northeast of the village of

Øvre Årdal Øvre Årdal is a village in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is the larger of the two primary villages in Årdal. The village is situated at the northern end of the long lake Årdalsvatnet, with the village of Årdalstangen at ...

and about southwest of the village of

Vågåmo Vågåmo is the administrative centre of Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Otta River, at the eastern end of the lake Vågåvatn in the Ottadalen valley. The Norwegian National Road 15 passes th ...

. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including

Blåbreahøe Blåbreahøe is a mountain on the border of Vågå Municipality and Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about south of the v ...

and Surtningssue to the east; Reinstinden and

Hinnotefjellet Hinnotefjellet 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 and about ...

to the southeast; Nestsøre Hellstugutinden and

Søre Hellstugutinden Søre 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 an ...

to the south;

Semeltinden Semeltinden 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 southeast of the village of Fossbergom and about nor ...

to the southwest;

Urdadalstindene Urdadalstindene is a mountain ridge in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The highest peak is the northernmost peak, the tall ''Store Urdadalstinden''. The other peaks include ''Midtre Urdadalstinden'', ''Søre Urdadalstinden'', and ' ...

to the west; Midtre Hellstugutinden and Nørdre Hellstugutinden to the north; and

Store Memurutinden Store Memurutinden is the eighth-highest mountain in Norway. It is in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located on the Memurutindene mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about south of ...

and

Austre Memurutinden Austre Memurutinden 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 21st tallest peak in Norway. The mountain sits about south ...

to the northeast. Store Hellstugutinden is the highest of several peaks along the Hellstugutindane ridge which runs between the Hellstugubrean/Vestre Memurubrean glaciers in east and Urdadalen valley in the west. The ridge Hellstugutindane consists of these mountain peaks: *

Nordre 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 ...

* Midtre Hellstugutinden * Store Hellstugutinden *

Nestsøndre Hellstugutinden Nestsøndre 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 � ...

* Søndre Hellstugutinden

Name

The first element is the name of the ''Hellstugu'' cabin which was built as a shelter for hunters. The last element is the finite form of ''tind'' which means ' mountain peak'. The name of the cabin is a compound of ''hella'' which means 'flat stone' or ' flagstone' and ''stugu'' which means 'house with one room' or '

cabin Cabin may refer to: Buildings * Beach cabin, a small wooden hut on a beach * Log cabin, a house built from logs * Cottage, a small house * Chalet, a wooden mountain house with a sloping roof * Cabin, small free-standing structures that serve as in ...

'. Most houses in Norway are mostly made of wood, but here they had to use stone because the lack of wood. The first word in the name is ''store'' which means 'big'.

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Jotunheimen Lom, Norway Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub

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