There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations of over above sea level and that have a
topographic prominence
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...
of more than 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The
topographic isolation
The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum distance to a point of equal elevation, representing a radius of dominance in which the peak is the highest point. It can be calculated for small hills and islands as well as for major mounta ...
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 the municipalities of
Lom,
Skjåk,
Luster, and
Vågå, connected to the
mountain chain
A mountain chain is a row of high mountain summits, a linear sequence of interconnected or related mountains,Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, p 87. . or a contiguous ridge of mountains within a larger ...
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, even though there are some almost 2000 m there, and some above 2000 m in Sweden near the border.
Most of the difficult summits were ascended in the late 19th and early 20th century by a combination of Norwegian explorers, local guides (in particular the Sulheim family), and British adventurers. Five women –
Margaret S. Green,
Theresa Bertheau,
Antonette Kamstrup,
Anne Aukrust, and
Rønnaug Garmo – were the first to ascend some of these peaks. Aukrust and Garmo were from farms in Lom, where many of the peaks are located. The peak most recently climbed for the first time was
Veobrehesten, first ascended in 1949.
Highest peaks in Norway with prominence above 50 m
The listing originates fro
www.nfo2000m.no
Cross tabulation of number of peaks by height and primary factor
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See also
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List of highest points of Norwegian counties
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List of mountains in Norway by prominence
References
External links
Norwegian mountaintops over 2000 m (In Norwegian)''Statens Kartverk'', Norway's governmental cartography office
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Norway, peaks over 2000 meters
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Norway
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Mountains
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Norway
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