Tjønnholstinden or Tjørnholstind is a
mountain in
Vågå Municipality
Vågå () 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 Vågåmo. Other village areas in Vågå include Lalm and Bessh ...
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 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 ...
and about northwest of the village of
Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including
Bukkehåmåren
Bukkehåmåren is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about ...
,
Høgdebrotet
Høgdebrotet is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about n ...
, and
Eggi
Eggi or Eggen is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about ...
to the northeast;
Rasletinden to the southeast;
Tjønnholsoksle
Tjønnholsoksle is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about ...
to the south;
Skarvflytindene
Skarvflytindene is a mountain group in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo an ...
and
Leirungstinden
Leirungstinden is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about ...
to the southwest; and
Surtningssue to the north.
The mountain lies south of the lake
Gjende and north of the
Leirungsdalen valley. On the northern side of the mountain, there is a vertical drop down to the Nordre Tjønnholet
glacier. The mountain has two peaks with a narrow ridge between. The western summit is the highest at and the lower eastern summit has elevation . The lower eastern summit is named
Steinflytind. The mountain and both peaks are easily accessible from both west and east.
Name
The first element is the genitive of the name of the
gorge
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
Tjønnholet. The last element is the finite form of ''tind'' which means '
mountain peak'. The name of the gorge is a compound of ''tjønn'' which means '
tarn' or 'small lake' and the finite form of ''hol'' which means '
hole', '
hollow
Hollow may refer to:
Natural phenomena
*Hollow, a low, wooded area, such as a copse
* Hollow (landform), a small vee-shaped, riverine type of valley
*Tree hollow, a void in a branch or trunk, which may provide habitat for animals
Places
* Sleepy ...
', or 'gorge'. There are actually two gorges with the name ''Tjønnholet'' here: ''Nørdre Tjønnholet'' north of the peak - and ''Søre Tjønnholet'' south of the peak.
See also
*
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
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Jotunheimen
Vågå
Mountains of Innlandet