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Langedalstinden
Langedalstinden is a mountain on the border of Vågå Municipality and Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Store Svartdalspiggen to the northwest, Galdeberget and Oksedalshøi to the southwest, Kvitskardtinden to the southeast, and Mesmogtinden and Knutsholstinden 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 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Jotunheimen Vågå Vang, Oppland Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub ... [...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 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters 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 the municipalities of Lom, Skjåk, Luster, and Vågå, 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, ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Svartdalspiggen
Store Svartdalspiggen is a mountain on the border of Vågå Municipality and 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 northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Knutsholstinden and Leirungstinden to the east; Langedalstinden, Kvitskardtinden, and Torfinnstindene to the southeast; Slettmarkpiggen, Slettmarkhøe, and Slettmarkkampen to the southwest; Snøholstinden and Store Rauddalseggi to the northwest; and Storådalshøi and Høgtunga to the north. 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 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesmogtinden
Mesmogtinden is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Store Svartdalspiggen to the northwest, Langedalstinden to the southwest, Kvitskardtinden to the southeast, and Knutsholstinden to the northeast. There is a glacier to the east and the west of the mountain peak. 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 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Jotunheimen Vågå Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kvitskardtinden
Kvitskardtinden is a mountain on the border of Vågå Municipality and Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Store Svartdalspiggen, Langedalstinden, and Mesmogtinden to the northwest; Knutsholstinden and Leirungstinden to the north; Leirungskampen and Kalvehøgde to the east, and Torfinnstindene to the southeast. 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 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Jotunheimen Vågå Vang, Oppland Mountains of Innlandet {{I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galdeberget
Galdeberget is a mountain in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains on the north shore of the lake Bygdin, about northwest of the village of Vang i Valdres. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Oksedalshøi to the southwest, Snøholstinden and Høgbrothøgdi to the northwest, Slettmarkkampen and Slettmarkpiggen to the north, Langedalstinden to the northeast, and Torfinnstindene and Nørdre Kalvehølotinden to the east. 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 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Vang, Innlandet Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innlandet
Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The new county has an area of , making it the second largest county in Norway after Troms og Finnmark county. The county name translates to "The Inland" which reflects that the county is the only landlocked county in Norway. The county covers approximately 17% of the total area of the mainland area of Norway. It stretches from the Viken county and the Oslo region in the south to Trøndelag county in the north. In the northwest, the county borders Møre og Romsdal and the Vestland county in the west. To the east the county borders the Swedish counties of Värmland and Dalarna. The northern and western areas of the county are dominated by the mountainous areas Rondane, Dovrefjell and Jotunheimen. The Galdhøpiggen mountain is located with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vågå
Vågå () 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 Vågåmo. Other village areas in Vågå include Lalm and Bessheim. The municipality is the 73rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vågå is the 212th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,591. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 4% over the previous 10-year period. General information The prestegjeld of ''Vaage'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1908, the municipality was divided into three parts. The northeastern part of Vågå (population: 2,287) became Sel Municipality, the southeastern part (population: 1,241) became Hedalen Municipality, and the remaining areas in the west (population: 2,953) remained as Vågå municipality. During the 1960s, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knutsholstinden
Store Knutsholstinden is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Skarvflytindene to the east, Leirungstinden and Vesle Knutsholstinden to the southeast, Store Svartdalspiggen to the west, and Nordre Knutsholstinden to the north. Name The first element is the genitive of the name of the large gorge ''Knutsholet''. The last element is the finite form of ''tind'' which means 'mountain peak'. The name of the gorge is a compound of the male name Knut and ''hol'' which means 'hole', 'hollow', or 'gorge'. The reason for the name, and who the person Knut was, is unknown. The prefix ''store'' means 'the big' or 'the great'. Disputes Johannes Heftye made the first ascent of Store Knutsholstin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oksedalshøi
Uksedalshøe or Oksedalshøi is a mountain in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located about northwest of the village of Vang i Valdres. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Høgbrothøgdi to the northwest, Slettmarkkampen and Slettmarkpiggen to the northeast, and Galdeberget to the east. The lake Bygdin lies to the south of the mountain. 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 10 meters. The following list includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of 50 meters or more. The topographic i ... References Vang, Innlandet Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beitostølen
Beitostølen is a village in Øystre Slidre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at an elevation of about above mean sea level on the southern edge of the Valdresflye mountain plateau. The villages of Skammestein and Hegge lie about to the southeast of Beitostølen. The lake Øyangen lies a short distance to the southwest of the village. The Norwegian County Road 51 runs through the village. The village has a population (2021) of 358 and a population density of . Sports Beitostølen is largely a tourist area, with many holiday cabins and hotels serving various winter sports facilities. The village has hosted FIS Cross-Country World Cup and Biathlon World Cup competitions. Beitostølen is a year-round destination, and although the mountain village is best known to many as a winter sports destination due to its local alpine ski slopes, it also has cross-country skiing trails totaling . July is the month with the highest tourism rate due to hiking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vågåmo
Vågåmo is the administrative centre of Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Otta River, at the eastern end of the lake Vågåvatn in the Ottadalen valley. The Norwegian National Road 15 passes through the village. The village has a population (2021) of 1,487 and a population density of . Vågåmo is home to a local museum, the ''Jutulheimen Bygdemuseum'', and to the historical Klones farm which is also the location of the Nord-Gudbrandsdalen Upper Secondary School (videregående skole) which specializes in agriculture. The Klones farm dates back to the 15th century and has been the location of the school since 1919. There are also many horses and a store named Jutulbue there. Vågå Church Vågå Church ( no, Vågåkyrkja) is a historic stave church. It is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vågåmo. It is the church for the Vågå parish whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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