Vassnebba or Grånebba
is a mountain on the border of
Sunndal Municipality
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Nordmøre Districts of Norway, region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village o ...
and
Surnadal Municipality
is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Skei. Other villages in Surnadal include Bøverfjorden, Glærem, Moen, Stangvik, Surnadalsøra, Sylte, T ...
in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...
county,
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 ...
. It lies on the western border of the
Trollheimen
Trollheimen is a mountain range in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag county, counties in central Norway. The mountain range is part of the Scandinavian Mountains.
Etymology
The name ('the home of the trolls') was proposed by Håkon Løken. It is ...
mountain range, just southwest of the
Todalsfjorden and the village of
Todalsøra
Todalsøra or Todalen is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The rather isolated village is located in the Todalen valley, at the end of the Todalsfjorden (the innermost part of the Stangvikfjorden). It is lo ...
and southeast of the village of
Ã…lvund
Ålvund is a village in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located at the beginning of the Ålvundfjorden (an extension of the Trongfjorden, about northwest of the village of Ålvundeidet and the Innerdalen valley. ...
. The mountain is easily accessed from both sides, summer and winter.
Name
The mountain has two different names: Vassnebba and Grånebba. People from
Todalsøra
Todalsøra or Todalen is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The rather isolated village is located in the Todalen valley, at the end of the Todalsfjorden (the innermost part of the Stangvikfjorden). It is lo ...
, in the
Todalen valley to the east of the mountain, call it ''Vassnebba'', while people on the western side in
Ã…lvundeidet
Ålvundeidet is a village in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the western end of the Innerdalen valley on an isthmus between two fjords: Ålvundfjorden and Sunndalsfjorden. The village area is l ...
, use the name ''Grånebba''.
References
Mountains of Møre og Romsdal
Sunndal
Surnadal
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