Storronden 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
Sel Municipality 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,
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 ...
. The tall mountain is located in the
Rondane
Rondane National Park () is the oldest national park in Norway, established on 21 December 1962. The park is located in Innlandet county, in the municipalities of Dovre Municipality, Dovre, Folldal Municipality, Folldal, Sel Municipality, Sel, No ...
mountains within
Rondane National Park
Rondane National Park () is the oldest national park in Norway, established on 21 December 1962. The park is located in Innlandet county, in the municipalities of Dovre Municipality, Dovre, Folldal Municipality, Folldal, Sel Municipality, Sel, No ...
. The mountain sits about northeast of the town of
Otta. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including
Svartnuten and
Steet to the west,
Vinjeronden and
Rondeslottet to the northwest,
Rondvasshøgde to the east,
Hornflågene to the southeast, and
Simlepiggen to the south.
Name
The first element is ''stor'' which means 'large' or 'big'. The last part of the name comes from the words which was probably the original name of the nearby lake
Rondvatnet
Rondvatnet is a lake in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake is a long, narrow lake in Rondane National Park, about northeast of the town of Otta. The Norwegian Mountain Touring Association's tourist cabins at Rondvassbu ar ...
. Many of the mountains near the lake were then named after this lake. The
Old Norse
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form of the name was which means 'stripe' or 'edge' (referring to the long and narrow form of the lake).
See also
*
List of mountains of Norway by height
References
Sel, Norway
Mountains of Innlandet
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