Veotinden is a
mountain
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on the border of
Vågå Municipality and
Lom Municipality
Lom Municipality ( bg, Община Лом) is a frontier municipality ('' obshtina'') in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre †...
in
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). ...
county,
Norway
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. The tall mountain is located in the
Jotunheimen
Jotunheimen (; "the home of the Jötunn") is a mountainous area of roughly in southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all located in the Jotunheimen mountains, in ...
mountains within
Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about south of the village of
Fossbergom and about southwest of the village of
Vågåmo. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including
Styggehøbretindan
Styggehøbretindan 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 ab ...
and
Styggehøi
Styggehøi 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 southwest of th ...
to the east;
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 ...
to the southeast;
Memurutindene to the southwest;
Veobreahesten
Veobreahesten or Veobrehesten is the 61st highest mountain in Norway. It is in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about south of th ...
,
Veobretinden
Veobretinden 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 south of the village of Fossbergom and about south ...
, and
Leirhøi
Leirhøi or Leirhøe 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 south of the village of Fossbergom and abou ...
to the northwest; and
Veopallan
Veopallan 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 south of the village of Fossbergom and about southwes ...
to the north.
Veotinden is a large mountain that has a nearly long ridge with three main peaks. The northern and southern peaks form part of the municipal border between Lom and Vågå municipalities while the middle peak lies just inside Lom municipality. The three peaks are:
*''Nørdre Veotinden'' is the northern peak which reaches an elevation of .
*''Store Veotinden'' lies in the middle of the ridge and it reaches above sea level.
*''Søre Veotinden'' is the southern peak and this one reaches an elevation of .
Both the east and west sides of this steep, narrow mountain ridge are covered by
glaciers
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. The
Veobreen
Veobreen is a glacier in the municipalities of Lom and Vågå in Innlandet county, Norway. The glacier is located within the Jotunheimen National Park. The glacier is located on the west side of the mountain Veotinden, north of the mountain Sto ...
glacier is on the west side and the
Styggehøbrean glacier lies on the east side.
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 ...
References
Vågå
Lom, Norway
Mountains of Innlandet
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