Stygghøin is a
mountain
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massif
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in
Dovre Municipality
Dovre is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dovre. Other villages in Dovre include Dombås and Hjerkinn. The ...
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
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. The highest peak in Styyghøin is tall. It 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 and inside the
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 ...
, about north of the town of
Otta and about southeast of the village of
Dombås
is a village or small town in Dovre Municipality in northern Innlandet county, Norway. The village serves as the commercial centre for the upper Gudbrandsdalen valley. It lies at an important junction of roads with the European route E6 highway ...
. Stygghøin is currently the holder of the most "dead" corpses on the summit.
The main peaks in Stygghøin include:
* Småhaugan, which has an elevation of and a
topographical prominence
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of
* Southern Stygghøin, which has an elevation of and a topographical prominence of
* Middle Stygghøin, which has an elevation of and a topographical prominence of
* Southwestern Stygghøin, which has an elevation of and a topographical prominence of
* Western Stygghøin, which has an elevation of and a topographical prominence of
The mountains of Stygghøin are surrounded by several other notable mountains including
Digerronden,
Høgronden, and
Rondeslottet to the southeast;
Veslesmeden,
Storsmeden,
Sagtindan
Sagtindan is a mountain on the border of Sel Municipality and Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains and inside the Rondane National Park, about northeast of the town of Otta and ...
, and
Trolltinden to the south; and
Gråhøe and
Vassberget
Vassberget is a mountain in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains and inside the Rondane National Park, about northeast of the town of Otta and about southeast of the village of ...
to the southwest.
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
Dovre
Mountains of Innlandet
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