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Skardstinden
Skarstind or Skardstinden is a prominent part of the Galdhøpiggen mountain range in northwestern Jotunheimen, Norway, and is the sixth highest summit in the country. The mountain has three summits, the main summit at above sea level, Nåle (the Needle) at and the small western summit at . It is located within the municipality of Lom in Innlandet county. The mountain is located on the eastern side of the Leirdalen valley, and the summit can be seen from the road along the valley floor. There are several other peaks in the vicinity, but only Galdhøpiggen, a few kilometers to the east, is higher. The mountain can be seen from most of the higher peaks in Jotunheimen and Breheimen to the northwest. The summit was reached for the first time in 1884 by Severin Wleugel, Sig. Thor, Oskar Kristiansen. The first ascent of the two lower summits remains unknown, but it is probable that they were climbed at the same time. Location The mountain sits about southwest of the village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storjuvtinden
Storjuvtinden 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 southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The peak is on the massif between the valleys Leirdalen and Visdalen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Galdhøpiggen and Keilhaus topp to the northeast; Svellnosbreahesten, Midtre Tverråtinden, and Store Tverråtinden to the southeast; Bukkehøe to the southwest; Skardstinden to the west; Storgrovtinden and Storgrovhøe to the northwest; and Veslpiggen to the north. The mountain can be accessed from Geitsætri in Leirdalen without a glacier crossing. It is Norway's 12th highest mountain, with respect to a Topographic prominence In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galdhøpiggen
Galdhøpiggen () is the highest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe. The tall 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 last element is '' hø'' (f.) which means "(big and) rounded mountain." An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storgrovtinden
Storgrovtinden 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 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 Galdhøi and Storgrovhøe to the northeast; Veslpiggen to the east; Galdhøpiggen, Keilhaus topp, and Storjuvtinden to the southeast; Skardstinden to the south; and Loftet to the southwest. 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 Lom, Norway Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storgrovhøe
Storgrovhøe 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 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 Galdhøi and Juvvasshøi to the northeast; Veslpiggen, Galdhøpiggen, Keilhaus topp, and Storjuvtinden to the southeast; Storgrovtinden and Skardstinden to the south; and Loftet to the southwest. Storgrovhøe consists of two peaks: *Bakarste Storgrovhøe, which reaches an elevation of and a topographic prominence of . It is the 31st tallest mountain in Norway (with a prominence of at least 50 meters). *Fremste Storgrovhøe, which reaches an elevation of and a topographic prominence of . It is the 35th tallest mountain in Norway (with a prominence of at least 50 meters). See also *List of mountains of Norway by hei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svellnosbreahesten
Svellnosbreahesten 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 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 Galdhøpiggen, Keilhaus topp to the northeast; Veslpiggen and Storjuvtinden to the north; Skardstinden to the northwest; Store Tverråtinden, Bukkehøe, and Lindbergtinden to the southwest; and Midtre Tverråtinden and Store Styggehøe 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 Lom, Norway Mountains of Innlandet ... [...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] |
Gabbro
Gabbro () is a phaneritic (coarse-grained), mafic intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich magma into a holocrystalline mass deep beneath the Earth's surface. Slow-cooling, coarse-grained gabbro is chemically equivalent to rapid-cooling, fine-grained basalt. Much of the Earth's oceanic crust is made of gabbro, formed at mid-ocean ridges. Gabbro is also found as plutons associated with continental volcanism. Due to its variant nature, the term ''gabbro'' may be applied loosely to a wide range of intrusive rocks, many of which are merely "gabbroic". By rough analogy, gabbro is to basalt as granite is to rhyolite. Etymology The term "gabbro" was used in the 1760s to name a set of rock types that were found in the ophiolites of the Apennine Mountains in Italy. It was named after Gabbro, a hamlet near Rosignano Marittimo in Tuscany. Then, in 1809, the German geologist Christian Leopold von Buch used the term more restrictively in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jostedalsbreen
Jostedal Glacier or is the largest glacier in continental Europe. It is in Vestland county in Western Norway. Jostedalsbreen lies in the municipalities of Luster, Sogndal, Sunnfjord, and Stryn. The highest peak in the area is Lodalskåpa at a height of . History In 1906, work was being done on footpaths that could accommodate tourists. Geography The Jostedal Glacier has a total area of . The highest point is Høgste Breakulen at above mean sea level. Branches of the glacier reach down into the valleys, for instance Bøyabreen in Fjærland and Nigardsbreen, both at above sea level. The thickest part of the glacier is . Jostedalsbreen has a length of a little more than and it is a part of the Jostedalsbreen National Park, which was established in 1991. The glacier covers over half of the national park. The glacier is maintained by the high snowfall rates in the region, not the cold temperatures. This means the glacier has high melting rates in its snouts. The Jostedalsbre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurrungane
Hurrungane (also written ''Hurrungene'', ''Hurrungadn'', ''Horungane'') is a mountain range in the municipalities Luster and Årdal in Vestland county, Norway. The area is southwest in the larger mountain range Jotunheimen and is also part of Jotunheimen National Park. The range has some of the most alpine peaks in Norway, and has 23 peaks over (counting peaks with larger prominence than ). Several of the peaks are only accessible through climbing or glacier crossings. The starting point for hiking is the village of Turtagrø along the national tourist road, Sognefjellsvegen (RV55). The highest peaks in the area are * Store Skagastølstinden (Storen): * Store Styggedalstinden: * Jervvasstind (Gjertvasstind): * Sentraltind: * Vetle Skagastølstind: * Midtre Skagastølstind: * Skagastølsnebbet: * Store Austanbotntind: Name ''Hurrungane'' is the finite plural of a word ''hurrung''. ''Hurrungen'', the finite singular of the same word, is the names of two mountains i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smørstabbtindene
Smørstabbtindene is a mountain group in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The highest mountain in the group is tall. The group of mountains is located in the larger Jotunheimen mountain range and inside Jotunheimen National Park. The Smørstabbtindene mountains are traditionally thought of as the dividing line between the Sognefjellet and Jotunheimen mountains. The mountain group sits about southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The main peaks on the Smørstabbtindene range include: * Storebjørn ("Big Bear"), * Store Smørstabbtinden, * Sokse, * Veslebjørn ("Little Bear"), * Kniven, *Skeie, * Kalven ("The Calf"), *Søre Smørstabbtinden, *Geite ("Goat"), 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 prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
