Storegut is a
mountain
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on the border of
Vang Municipality
Vang is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vang i Valdres. Other villages in Vang include Hænsgardane, Nystuen, à ...
in
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 ( ...
county and
Luster Municipality in
Vestland
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county,
Norway
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. The tall mountain is located in the
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, in ...
mountains and inside the
Jotunheimen National Park
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. The mountain sits about north of the village of
Tyinkrysset. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including
Uranostinden
Urdanostindene or Uranostinden is a mountain in Norway. The peak marks the tri-point border between the municipalities of Luster Municipality and Ã…rdal Municipality in Vestland county, and Vang Municipality in Innlandet county. The tall mountai ...
and
Langeskavltinden
Langeskavlstind is a mountain in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains and inside the Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about northwest of the village of Vang i Valdr ...
to the west,
Langeskavlen
Langeskavlen is a mountain in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains and on the border of the Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about north of the village of Tyinkrys ...
to the southwest,
Høgbrothøgdi to the east, and
Snøholstinden and
Store Rauddalseggje to the northeast.
Name
The name is a compound word made up of ''stor'' which means 'big' and ''gut'' which means 'boy', therefore together, the name means "Big Boy". It is common to compare mountains with persons in many Norwegian place names.
See also
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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
Vang, Innlandet
Luster, Norway
Mountains of Innlandet
Mountains of Vestland
One-thousanders of Norway
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