Storjuvtinden is a

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 Lom Municipality in Innlandet county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of

Fossbergom Fossbergom is the administrative centre of Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the south shore of the river Otta, at the north end of the Bøverdal valley. The village has a population (2021) of 830 and a ...

and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The peak is on the massif between the valleys

Leirdalen 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 Høgvagltin ...

and

Visdalen Visdalen is a valley in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The long valley lies on the southeast side of the Bøverdalen valley. The valley begins at the mountain Kyrkja in the Jotunheimen mountains, just south of the mountain Galdhø ...

. 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 English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest cont ...

of at least .

Name

The first element is the name of the ''Storjuvet'' gorge. The last element is the finite form of ''tind'' which means ' mountain peak'. The name of the gorge is a compound of ''stor'' which means 'big' and ''juv'' which means 'gorge' or 'canyon'. The gorge is also the source of the name of the glacier ''Storjuvbrean'' in the bottom of the gorge.

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Jotunheimen Lom, Norway Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub

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