Tverrådalskyrkja

Tverrådalskyrkja is a mountain on the border of Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county and Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Breheimen mountains and inside the Breheimen National Park, just north of the large Harbardsbreen glacier. It is north of the village of Skjolden in Luster and southwest of Bismo in Skjåk. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Tundradalskyrkja to the east, Holåtindan to the southeast, Røykeskardhøi to the west, and Syrtbyttnosi to the northwest.

The tall main peak is also called ''Store Tverrådalskyrkja''. About southwest of the main peak, there is a second peak at a height of , called ''Søre Tverrådalskyrkja''.

Tverrådalskyrkja can be reached from the Norwegian Mountain Touring Association cabin ''Sotasæter''. Usual access to the peak is over the Fortundalsbreen glacier, then along the eastern ridge.

Name

The first element is the genitive of the valley name ''Tverrådalen''. The last element is the finite form of ''kyrkje'' which means "church". (Several mountains in Norway are named ''Kyrkja'' because of some likeness in shape with a church.) The first element of the valley name is the river name ''Tverråa'' and the last element is the finite form of ''dal'' which means "dale" or "valley". The river name is a compound of ''tverr'' which means "cross" and the finite form of ''å'' which means "(small) river"—thus it is a "side river" (to a bigger river).

''Store Tverrådalskyrkja'' means "The Big Tverrådalskyrkja" and ''Søre Tverrådalskyrkja'' means "The Southern Tverrådalskyrkja".

See also

*List of mountains of Norway

References

External links

Tverrådalskyrkja

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Skjåk
Luster, Norway
Mountains of Innlandet
Mountains of Vestland