Sørhellhøi is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
in
Lesja Municipality
Lesja is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Lesja (villag ...
in
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 ( ...
county,
Norway
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. The tall mountain lies within the
Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, about north of the village of
Lesja
Lesja is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lesja. Other villages in the municipality include Bjorli, Lesjas ...
. The mountain lies in the
Dovrefjell
Dovrefjell is a mountain range in Central Norway that forms a natural barrier between Eastern Norway and Trøndelag. The mountain range is located in Innlandet, Møre og Romsdal, and Trøndelag counties in Norway. As a result of its central loca ...
mountains. It is surrounded by a number of other notable mountains including
Høgtunga which is about to the east,
Sjongshøi
Sjongshøi is a mountain in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain lies within Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, about north of the village of Lesja. The mountain is surrounded by several other mountains inclu ...
which is about to the southeast,
Geitåhøi
Geitåhøi is a mountain in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located within the Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, about north of Dombås and about south of Sunndalsøra. The mountain is surrounded b ...
which is about to the north,
Eggekollan
Eggekollene or Eggekollan is a mountain in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain lies inside the Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, about northeast of the village of Lesjaverk. The mountain lies about to the ...
which is about to the north, and
Salhøa
Salhøa is a mountain in Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park in Norway. The tall mountain is located on the border between Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county and Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county. Salhøa is reached most ...
which is about to the northeast. A lower, secondary peak on this mountain is
Sørhellhøin, located about south of the main peak.
See also
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List of mountains of Norway
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
Lesja
Mountains of Innlandet
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