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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 and about southwest of the village of Vågåmo. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Surtningssue to the east; Reinstinden and Hinnotefjellet to the southeast; Storådalshøe to the south; Semeltinden to the southwest; Urdadalstindene to the northwest; Nestsøre Hellstugutinden, Store Hellstugutinden, Midtre Hellstugutinden, and Nørdre Hellstugutinden to the north; and Store Memurutinden and Austre Memurutinden to the northeast. 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' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Hinnotefjellet and Reinstinden to the east; Storådalshøi and Høgtunga to the southeast; Skarddalseggi and Store Rauddalseggi to the southwest; Høgvagltindene to the west; Visbretinden, Semelholstinden, Langvasshøi, and Urdadalstindene to the northwest; and Søre Hellstugutinden, Nestsøre Hellstugutinden, and Store Hellstugutinden to the northeast. 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 top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottage
A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager had to provide some form of service to the manorial lord.Daniel D. McGarry, ''Medieval history and civilization'' (1976) p 242 However, in time cottage just became the general term for a small house. In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cosy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural location and not necessarily in England. The cottage orné, often quite large and grand residences built by the nobility, dates back to a movement of "rustic" stylised cottages of the late 18th and early 19th century during the Romantic movement. In British English the term now denotes a small, cosy dwelling of traditional build, although it can also be applied to modern construction designed to resemble traditional houses (" mock cottages"). Cottages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flagstone
Flagstone (flag) is a generic flat Rock (geology), stone, sometimes cut in regular rectangular or square shape and usually used for Sidewalk, paving slabs or walkways, patios, flooring, fences and roofing. It may be used for memorials, headstones, facades and other construction. The name derives from Middle English ''flagge'' meaning ''turf'', perhaps from Old Norse ''flaga'' meaning ''slab'' or ''chip''. Flagstone is a sedimentary rock that is split into layers along Bed (geology), bedding planes. Flagstone is usually a form of a sandstone composed of feldspar and quartz and is arenaceous in grain size (0.16 mm – 2 mm in diameter). The material that binds flagstone is usually composed of silica, calcite, or iron oxide. The rock color usually comes from these cementing materials. Typical flagstone colors are red, blue, and Buff (color), buff, though exotic colors exist. Flagstone is Quarry, quarried in places with bedded sedimentary rocks with Fissility (geology), f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austre Memurutinden
Austre Memurutinden (Norwegian for ''Remember the South Wind'') 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 is situated approximately southeast of the village of Fossbergom and about southwest of the village of Vågåmo. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Veotinden and Styggehøbretindan to the northeast; Blåbreahøe and Surtningssue to the southeast; Reinstinden to the south; Hinnotefjellet, Søre Hellstugutinden, Nestsøre Hellstugutinden, and Store Hellstugutinden to the southwest; Midtre Hellstugutinden, Nørdre Hellstugutinden, and Store Memurutinden to the west; and Veobretinden, Veobreahesten, and Leirhøi to the northeast. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Memurutinden
Store Memurutinden is the List of mountains in Norway by height, 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 the village of Fossbergom and about southwest of the village of Vågåmo. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Leirhøi, Veobreahesten, and Veobretinden to the north; Veotinden to the northeast; Austre Memurutinden to the east; Blåbreahøe and Surtningssue to the southeast; Reinstinden (Lom), Reinstinden to the south; Søre Hellstugutinden, Nestsøre Hellstugutinden, Store Hellstugutinden, and Midtre Hellstugutinden to the southwest; and Nordre Hellstugutinden to the west. Name The first element is the old name of the river ''Memuru'' (now called the Muru (Lom), Muru). The last element is the finite form of ''tind'' which means 'mountain, mountain peak'. The river ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nørdre 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 the village of Øvre Årdal and about southwest of the village of Vågåmo. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Blåbreahøe and Surtningssue to the southeast; Midtre Hellstugutinden, Store Hellstugutinden, Nestsøre Hellstugutinden, and Søre Hellstugutinden to the south; Urdadalstindene to the southwest; Hellstuguhøi to the north; Veobreahesten, Leirhøi, Veobretinden to the northeast; and Store Memurutinden and Austre Memurutinden to the east. 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' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midtre Hellstugutinden
Midtre Hellstugutinden 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 second highest mountain on the Hellstugutindane ridge, and it lies just north of Store Hellstugutinden. The mountain sits about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal and about southwest of the village of Vågåmo. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Blåbreahøe and Surtningssue to the east; Reinstinden and Hinnotefjellet to the southeast; Store Hellstugutinden, Nestsøre Hellstugutinden, and Søre Hellstugutinden to the south; Urdadalstindene to the west; Nørdre Hellstugutinden to the north; and Veobreahesten, Leirhøi, Veobretinden, Store Memurutinden, and Austre Memurutinden to the northeast. 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'' wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ''Sørevestre Urdadalstinden''. The mountains are located south of the Visdalen valley in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The ridge sits about northeast of the village of Skjolden and about south of the village of Fossbergom. The mountains are surrounded by several other notable mountains including Nørdre Hellstugutinden, Midtre Hellstugutinden, Store Hellstugutinden, Nestsøre Hellstugutinden, and Søre Hellstugutinden to the east; Semeltinden to the southwest; and Langvasshøi, Visbretinden, and Semelholstinden to the west. At the top of the mountain theres a cat called tiddles! See also *List of mountains of Norway by height There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
