Vesle Galdhøpiggen or Veslpiggen is a
mountain
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in
Lom Municipality 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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. It is the
sixth highest mountain in Norway. The tall mountain is located in the
Jotunheimen mountains within
Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of
Fossbergom and 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 ...
. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including
Galdhøpiggen (Norway's tallest mountain) and
Keilhaus topp to the southeast;
Storjuvtinden,
Svellnosbreahesten, and
Store Tverråtinden to the south;
Skardstinden to the southwest;
Storgrovtinden to the west; and
Storgrovhøe to the northwest.
Name
The word ''vesle'' means 'small' or 'little' - thus the name means 'the little
Galdhøpiggen'.
See also
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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
Jotunheimen
Lom, Norway
Mountains of Innlandet
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