Storjuvtinden is a
mountain
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in
Lom Municipality
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in
Innlandet
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county,
Norway
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. The tall mountain is located in the
Jotunheimen
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mountains within
Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of
Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of
Øvre Årdal
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. 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
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of at least .
Name
The first element is the name of the ''Storjuvet''
gorge
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. The last element is the finite form of ''tind'' which means '
mountain peak
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'. 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.
See also
*
List of mountains of Norway by height
References
Jotunheimen
Lom, Norway
Mountains of Innlandet
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