Jakta is a tall
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 t ...
in the
Sunnmørsalpene mountain range. It is located in
Ørsta Municipality
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Ørsta (v ...
in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...
county,
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 ...
. Jakta lies south of the nearby mountain
Slogen and just across the
Hjørundfjorden
Hjørundfjorden is a fjord in the traditional district of Sunnmøre in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located mostly within Ørsta Municipality, although part of the mouth of the fjord lies in Sykkylven Municipality and the innermost ...
from the mountain
Skårasalen
Skårasalen is a mountain in Ørsta Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The tall mountain has the seventh largest prominence () of all mountains in Norway. The mountain is located about south of the village of Sæbø and the Bon ...
. The village of
Leira lies south of Jakta.
On 2 August 1896, the two Brits H.C. Bowen and Cecil W. Patchell became the first known people to reach the top of Jakta.
See also
*
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 topographic isolation refers to ...
References
External links
westcoastpeaks.com, Trip report, many pictures
Mountains of Møre og Romsdal
Ørsta
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