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Leirdal
Leirdal or Leirdalen is a U-shaped valley in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The long valley lies on the south side of the larger Bøverdalen valley. The Leirdalen valley begins at the mountain Kyrkja, just north of the Høgvagltindene mountains and it then follows the river Leira to the northwest and then northeast to the village of Elvesæter where the valley ends and the river joins the river Bøvra and it becomes part of the Bøverdalen valley heading to the northeast. The valley goes into the Jotunheimen mountains and it lies just west of Galdhøpiggen Galdhøpiggen () is the highest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe. The mountain is located in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain si ..., the tallest mountain in Norway. There are two tourist cabins located in the valley. The Jotunheimen Fjellstue is located about half-way into the valley and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jotunheimen Fjellstue
Jotunheimen Fjellstue is a tourist hut in the Norwegian province Oppland. The hut is located about 1000 meters above sea level in the high mountains Jotunheimen. It is located on Norwegian County Road 55, the Sognefjellsvegen, between Galdesanden and the Leirdal. External links Jotunheimen Fjellstue* Norwegian Trekking Association The Norwegian Trekking Association (, DNT) is a Norwegian association which maintains mountain trails and cabins in Norway. The association was founded on 21 January 1868 with the scope "to help and develop tourism in this country". Today the goa ...br>''Jotunheimen Fjellstue'' Tourist huts in Norway Jotunheimen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leirvassbu
Leirvassbu is a staffed lodge with hut of the Norwegian Trekking Association (In Norwegian, Den Norske Turistforening – DNT) located in the Leirdal in the county Oppland in the middle of Norway. The hut is located about 1400 meters above sea level in the high mountains Jotunheimen. Several walks are possible. It is located at the end of a side road off Norwegian County Road 55, the Sognefjellsvegen, just before Lake Bøvertunvatnet. Surrounding places are Bøvertun, Krossbu and Elveseter. External links LeirvassbuLeirvassbu* Norwegian Trekking Association The Norwegian Trekking Association (, DNT) is a Norwegian association which maintains mountain trails and cabins in Norway. The association was founded on 21 January 1868 with the scope "to help and develop tourism in this country". Today the goa ...br>''Leirvassbu'' {{Coord, 61, 32, 56, N, 8, 14, 49, E, region:NO, display=title Tourist huts in Norway Jotunheimen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvesæter
Elvesæter is a village in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the junction of the Bøverdalen and Leirdalen valleys, about southwest of the village of Fossbergom. The small village area lies in the Jotunheimen mountains, just north of Jotunheimen National Park. The village lies about north of Galdhøpiggen Galdhøpiggen () is the highest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe. The mountain is located in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain si ..., the tallest mountain in Norway. The village is the site of a large hotel which was the site of the 12th World Scout Conference in 1949. References Lom, Norway Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (Norwegian county), Viken on the same date). The new county has an area of , making it the largest county in Norway after the division of the old Troms og Finnmark county in 2024. The region was known as Opplandene or Opplanda since the middle ages. Historically part of Akershus, Oplandene County existed from 1757 to 1781, when it was divided into Christians County and Hedemarken County, also known as Western and Eastern Oplandene. In 1919 the two counties were renamed Oppland and Hedmark, and in 2020 they were again merged under the name Innlandet (with the exception of Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality, which went to the new county of Viken (county), Viken). This present name is a newly constructed name with no historical basi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U-shaped Valley
U-shaped valleys, also called trough valleys or glacial troughs, are formed by the process of Glacial period, glaciation. They are characteristic of mountain glaciation in particular. They have a characteristic U shape in cross-section, with steep, straight sides and a flat or rounded bottom (by contrast, valleys carved by rivers tend to be V-shaped in cross-section). Glaciated valleys are formed when a glacier travels across and down a slope, carving the valley by the action of scouring. When the ice recedes or thaws, the valley remains, often littered with small boulders that were transported within the ice, called Till, glacial till or glacial erratic. Examples of U-shaped valleys are found in mountainous regions throughout the world including the Andes, Alps, Caucasus Mountains, Himalaya, Rocky Mountains, New Zealand and the Scandinavian Mountains. They are found also in other major European mountains including the Carpathian Mountains, the Pyrenees, the Rila and Pirin moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lom Municipality
Lom Municipality () is a frontier Municipalities of Bulgaria, municipality (''obshtina'') in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain (Bulgaria), Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre — the town of Lom (town), Lom which is one of the important Bulgarian river ports. The area borders Romania across the Danube. The municipality encompasses a territory of with a population of 27,294 inhabitants, as of February 2011.National Statistical Institute - Census 2011 Settlements Lom Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):Demography The following table shows the change of the populat ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyrkja
Kyrkja is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about south of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Urdadalstindene and Semelholstinden to the east; Kyrkjeoksli, Visbretinden, and Langvasshøi to the southeast; Høgvagltindene to the south; Stehøi and Stetinden to the west; and Tverrbottindene and Tverrbytthornet to the north. The mountain is named which means "The Church". This name was given because its peak is extremely steep and resembles a church spire. Kyrkja was not thought to be climbable until the 19th-century, due to its steepness. Despite its slopes, climbing to the top is a day’s hike, helped by the rocks covering the mountainside. Kyrkja used to be covered in snow, but climate change has severely lessened the am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Høgvagltindene
Høgvagltindene is a mountain group on the border of Lom Municipality in Innlandet county and Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The group includes three main peaks: Vestre Høgvagltinden, Midtre Høgvagltinden, and Austre Høgvagltinden. The highest peak in the group is the tall Midtre Høgvagltinden. The mountains are located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountains sit about southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountains are surrounded by several other notable mountains including Kyrkja, Kyrkjeoksli, and Langvasshøi to the northeast; Skarddalstinden and Skarddalseggi to the southeast; Rauddalstindane to the southwest; and Stehøi and Stetinden to the northwest. 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 . The following list include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jotunheimen
Jotunheimen (; "the home of the Jötunn") is a mountainous area of roughly in southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all located in the Jotunheimen mountains, including the tall mountain Galdhøpiggen (the highest point in Norway and Northern Europe). The Jotunheimen mountains straddle the border between Innlandet and Vestland counties (historically part of the old Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane counties). Hiking, mountaineering and skiing Jotunheimen is very popular with hikers and climbers. The Norwegian Mountain Touring Association maintains a number of mountain lodges in the area, as well as marked trails that run between the lodges and others that run up to some of the peaks. The area has more than 50 marked trails, ranging from shorter hikes to multi day trails. Mountaineering in Jotunheimen was pioneered in the late 19th century and early 20th century by British mountaineers William C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galdhøpiggen
Galdhøpiggen () is the highest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe. The mountain is located in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Keilhaus topp to the east; Store Styggehøe to the southeast; Svellnosbreahesten, Midtre Tverråtinden, and Store Tverråtinden to the south; Storjuvtinden and Skardstinden to the west; Veslpiggen, Storgrovtinden, and Storgrovhøe to the northwest; and Galdhøi and Juvvasshøi to the northeast. Etymology ''Galdhøpiggen'' means "the peak/spike ('' piggen'') of the mountain Galdhø." The first element in the name of the mountain is '' gald'' (m.) which means "steep mountain road". The part of the valley Bøverdalen closest to the mountain is called Galde. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
