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Midtre Tverråtinden
Midtre Tverråtinden 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 southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Svellnosbreahesten to the north; Store Tverråtinden to the west, Bukkehøe and Lindbergtinden to the southwest, Bukkeholstindene to the southwest, and Store Styggehøe and Bukkeholshøe to the southeast. 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 . The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of or more. The topographic isolation refers to ... References Jotunheimen Lom, Norway Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub ...
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Innlandet
Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken (Norwegian county), Viken on the same date). The new county has an area of , making it the largest county in Norway after the division of the old Troms og Finnmark county in 2024. The region was known as Opplandene or Opplanda since the middle ages. Historically part of Akershus, Oplandene County existed from 1757 to 1781, when it was divided into Christians County and Hedemarken County, also known as Western and Eastern Oplandene. In 1919 the two counties were renamed Oppland and Hedmark, and in 2020 they were again merged under the name Innlandet (with the exception of Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality, which went to the new county of Viken (county), Viken). This present name is a newly constructed name with no historical basi ...
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Svellnosbreahesten
Svellnosbreahesten 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 southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Galdhøpiggen, Keilhaus topp to the northeast; Veslpiggen and Storjuvtinden to the north; Skardstinden to the northwest; Store Tverråtinden, Bukkehøe, and Lindbergtinden to the southwest; and Midtre Tverråtinden and Store Styggehøe to the southeast. 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 . The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of or more. The topographic isolation refers to ... References Jotunheimen Lom, Norway Mountains of Innlandet ...
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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 . The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of or more. The topographic isolation refers to the shortest ''horizontal'' distance one would have to travel to find a higher summit. Location of peaks Most of these peaks are in Lom Municipality, Skjåk Municipality, Luster Municipality, and Vågå Municipality, connected to the mountain chain that reaches its prominence with Jotunheimen. There are also several peaks in Dovrefjell, Rondane, Dovre, Lesja, and Folldal that also reach above 2000 meters. All the peaks are to be found in 14 topographical maps ( Norge 1:50000) published by the Norwegian government cartography office, of which 21 peaks are in ''1518 II Galdhøpiggen'', 18 in ''1618 III Glittertinden'', and 13 in ''1617 IV Gjende''. The northernmost is in the Dovre area, meaning there are no 2000 m peaks in northern Norway ...
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Store Styggehøe
Store Styggehøe or Styggehøe 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 southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Galdhøpiggen, Svellnosbreahesten, and Midtre Tverråtinden to the northwest; Bukkehøe and Lindbergtinden to the west; Store Bukkeholstinden to the southwest; Bukkeholshøe to the southeast; Leirhøi and Veobreahesten to the east; and Spiterhøi and Skauthøi to the northeast. See also *List of mountains of Norway by height References

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Bukkeholstindene
Store Bukkeholstinden 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 southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Bukkeholshøi to the east; Nørdre Hellstugutinden, Midtre Hellstugutinden, and Urdadalstindene to the southeast; Tverrbytthornet and Kyrkja to the south; the Tverrbottindene ridge to the southwest and west; Bukkehøe and Lindbergtinden to the northwest; and Store Styggehøe to the northeast. This mountain is the highest among the mountains called Bukkeholstindane, and lies on a ridge between the Bukkeholsbreen glacier in the north and the Tverrbytnede valley in the south. 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 topographi ...
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Lindbergtinden
Lindbergtinden 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 southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Storjuvtinden and Store Tverråtinden to the north; Svellnosbreahesten and Midtre Tverråtinden to the northeast; Store Styggehøe and Bukkeholshøe to the southeast; Bukkeholstindene and Tverrbottindene to the south; and Sauhøi to the west. 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 . The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of or more. The topographic isolation refers to ... References Jotunheimen Lom, Norway Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlande ...
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Bukkehøe
Bukkehøe or Bukkehøi 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 southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Storjuvtinden, Svellnosbreahesten, Store Tverråtinden, and Midtre Tverråtinden to the northeast; Sauhøi to the west; Bukkeholstindene and Tverrbottindene to the southwest; Store Styggehøe and Bukkeholshøe to the southeast; and Lindbergtinden to the east. Name The first element is ''bukk'' which means 'buck' (as in a male reindeer). The last element is the finite form of ''hø'' which is a word for a 'large and round mountain'. 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 . The fo ...
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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 the southern end. The village has a population (2019) of 3,117 and a population density of . Farnes Church is located in this village. The road ''Tindevegen'' goes from Øvre Årdal, through the Fardalen valley to the village of Turtagrø in Luster Municipality. It's one of the highest elevation roads in Norway. There is also a road which goes south past the lake Tyin to the European route E16 highway which goes through Valdres to Oslo. Øvre Årdal is the starting point for tours into the nearby Utladalen Landscape Protection Area and Jotunheimen National Park. There are trips to the Utladalen and Avdalen valleys, to the mountain Falketind, to the Vettisfossen waterfall, and to the historic farms of Vetti, Sogn og Fjordane, Vetti, Vet ...
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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ...
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Fossbergom
Fossbergom is the administrative centre of Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the south shore of the river Otta, at the north end of the Bøverdal valley. The village has a population (2021) of 830 and a population density of . Fossbergom is the main population centre for the municipality and a large portion of the residents work in the tourism, commerce, and the service sectors. Geography Bøverdalen, a valley in the western part of Lom, stretches from Fossbergom to the Sogn area in Western Norway. Fossbergom is situated where the river Bøvra falls over Prestfossen waterfall into the river Otta. Transportation Fossbergom is located on a main transportation junction with roads leading to Stryn (Rv.15 Strynefjellsvegen road), Sogn (Rv. 55 Sognefjellsvegen road), and Eastern Norway. During the summer months, this is an important road junction connecting Eastern and Western Norway. The Sognefjellsvegen road is closed from October/November ...
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Jotunheimen National Park
Jotunheimen National Park (, ) 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 Jotunheimen. More than 250 peaks rise above an elevation of , including Northern Europe's three highest peaks: Galdhøpiggen at , Glittertind at and Store Skagastølstind at . The national park covers most of the mountainous region of Jotunheimen, including Hurrungane, but Utladalen and its surroundings are within Utladalen Landscape Protection Area. Geographically, it lies in both Innlandet and Vestland counties. Geologically the Jotunheimen is a Precambrian province. Glaciers have carved the hard gabbro rock massifs of the Jotunheimen, leaving numerous valleys and the many peaks. Wildlife in the park include the lynx, moose, Norwegian red deer, reindeer, roe deer, and wolverine. Most lakes and rivers hold trout. History Jotunheimen has been the site of hunting since before recorded ...
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