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Simlepiggen
Simlepiggen is a mountain in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains within Rondane National Park. The mountain sits about northeast of the town of Otta. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Hornflågene to the southeast, Veslsvulten and Rondvasshøgde to the northeast, Storronden and Vinjeronden to the north, and Svartnuten 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 includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of or more. The topographic isolation refers to ... References Sel, Norway Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rondvasshøgde
Rondvasshøgde is a mountain ridge in Innlandet county, Norway. The ridge is located in Sel Municipality although one end of the ridge extends across the border into Folldal Municipality. The ridge consists of 3 main peaks: ''Rondvasshøgde Sentraltopp'', ''Rondvasshøgde Øst'', and ''Rondvasshøgde Øst 2''. The mountain lies about northeast of the town of Otta. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Veslsvulten to the east, Hornflågene to the southeast, Simlepiggen to the southwest, and Storronden and Svartnuten to the west. ''Rondvasshøgde Sentraltopp'' measures and it sits towards the western end of the ridge, just east of the mountain Storronden. ''Rondvasshøgde Øst'' measures (the tallest of the three peaks) and this sits between the other two peaks. ''Rondvasshøgde Øst 2'' measures and this sits on the municipal border between Sel and Folldal. The mountain Veslsvulten lies just east of this peak. Name The first part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornflågene
Hornflågene is a mountain in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains within Rondane National Park. The mountain sits about northeast of the town of Vinstra. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Geitsida to the northeast, Veslsvulten to the north, and Rondvasshøgde, Simlepiggen, and Storronden 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 includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of or more. The topographic isolation refers to ... References Nord-Fron Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storronden
Storronden is a mountain in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains within Rondane National Park. The mountain sits about northeast of the town of Otta. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Svartnuten and Steet to the west, Vinjeronden and Rondeslottet to the northwest, Rondvasshøgde to the east, Hornflågene to the southeast, and Simlepiggen to the south. Name The first element is ''stor'' which means 'large' or 'big'. The last part of the name comes from the words which was probably the original name of the nearby lake Rondvatnet. Many of the mountains near the lake were then named after this lake. The Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ... form of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svartnuten
Svartnuten is a mountain in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains within Rondane National Park. The mountain sits about northeast of the town of Otta. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Vinjeronden and Rondeslottet to the northeast, Storronden and Rondvasshøgde to the east, Simlepiggen to the southeast, Steet and Hoggbeitet to the west, and Veslesmeden 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 includes those 186 that have a topographic prominence of or more. The topographic isolation refers to ... References Sel, Norway Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-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] |
Rondane
Rondane National Park () is the oldest national park in Norway, established on 21 December 1962. The park is located in Innlandet county, in the municipalities of Dovre Municipality, Dovre, Folldal Municipality, Folldal, Sel Municipality, Sel, Nord-Fron Municipality, Nord-Fron, Sør-Fron Municipality, Sør-Fron, Stor-Elvdal Municipality, Stor-Elvdal, and Ringebu Municipality, Ringebu. The park contains ten peaks above , with the highest being Rondeslottet at an altitude of . The park is an important habitat for herds of wild reindeer. The park was enlarged in 2003, and now covers an area of . Rondane lies just to the east of the Gudbrandsdalen valley and two other mountain areas, Dovrefjell, Dovre and Jotunheimen are nearby. Dovre National Park lies a very short distance to the north of this park. Geography Rondane is a typical high mountain area, with large plateaus and a total of ten peaks above . The highest point is Rondeslottet ("The Rondane Castle") at an altitude of . The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rondeslottet
Rondslottet is the highest mountain in the Rondane mountain range in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain sits on the border between Dovre Municipality and Folldal Municipality, just north of the border with Sel Municipality. There is a trail leading to the summit. Name The first part of the name comes from the word which was probably the original name of the nearby lake Rondvatnet. Many of the mountains near the lake were then named after this lake. The Old Norse form of the name was which means 'stripe' or 'edge' (referring to the long and narrow form of the lake). The last element of the name is the finite form of the Norwegian word which means 'palace'. See also * List of highest points of Norwegian counties * 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 topographi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 than a hill, typically rising at least above the surrounding land. A few mountains are inselberg, isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges. mountain formation, Mountains are formed through tectonic plate, tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through Slump (geology), slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. High elevations on mountains produce Alpine climate, colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the Montane ecosystems, ecosystems of mountains: different elevations hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sel, Norway
Sel 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 List of cities in Norway, town of Otta, Norway, Otta. The municipality also includes several notable villages including Bjølstad, Dale, Sel, Dale, Høvringen, Nord-Sel, Sandbumoen, Sjoa (village), Sjoa, and Skogbygda, Sel, Skogbygda. The municipality is the 130th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sel is the 170th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,567. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 6.5% over the previous 10-year period. General information The new municipality of Sel was established on 1 January 1908 when Vågå Municipality was divided into three. The northeastern part became the new Sel Municipality (population: 2,287), the southeastern part became the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rondane National Park
Rondane National Park () is the oldest national park in Norway, established on 21 December 1962. The park is located in Innlandet county, in the municipalities of Dovre Municipality, Dovre, Folldal Municipality, Folldal, Sel Municipality, Sel, Nord-Fron Municipality, Nord-Fron, Sør-Fron Municipality, Sør-Fron, Stor-Elvdal Municipality, Stor-Elvdal, and Ringebu Municipality, Ringebu. The park contains ten peaks above , with the highest being Rondeslottet at an altitude of . The park is an important habitat for herds of wild reindeer. The park was enlarged in 2003, and now covers an area of . Rondane lies just to the east of the Gudbrandsdalen valley and two other mountain areas, Dovrefjell, Dovre and Jotunheimen are nearby. Dovre National Park lies a very short distance to the north of this park. Geography Rondane is a typical high mountain area, with large plateaus and a total of ten peaks above . The highest point is Rondeslottet ("The Rondane Castle") at an altitude of . The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otta, Norway
is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Sel, Norway, Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located at the confluence of the Gudbrandsdalslågen and Otta (river), Otta rivers. The European route E6 highway runs through the town. The Dovrebanen railway line also passes through the town, stopping at the Otta Station. The town has a population (2021) of 2,283 and a population density of . The town is named after the Otta (river), Otta river. The first three tiers of Norwegian education are covered by its primary and secondary schools and the high school, ''Otta vidaregående skule''. Otta also has a regional medical clinic. Otta is one of the few towns in Norway without a church in the town centre. The Sel Church is located about north of the town centre, just outside the town proper. Geography Situated about north of Lillehammer (town), Lillehammer, it spans the valley floor where the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
