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Jotunheimen

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Jotunheimen (the home of the Jotnar) is a mountainous area of roughly 3,500 km² in southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. [1]

40 relations: Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Baltazar Mathias Keilhau, Besseggen, Bjørn G. Andersen, Caledonian orogeny, Climbing, Dome (geology), Dovrefjell, Eidsbugarden, Falketind, Galdhøpiggen, Gjendesheim, Global and Planetary Change, Gol, Norway, Hiking, Hurrungane, Inselberg, Jötunheimr, Jens Esmark, Jotunheimen National Park, Jotunheimen shoe, Krkonoše, Lom, Norway, Memurubu, Mountain, Norse mythology, Norway, Norwegian Trekking Association, Oppland, Paleic surface, Royal Mountain Chalet, Prinsehytta, Scandinavian Mountains, Skjolden, Sogn og Fjordane, Sognefjellsvegen, Summit accordance, Tourism in Norway, Utladalen Landscape Protection Area, Valdresflye, Vågå.

Aasmund Olavsson Vinje

Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (6 April 1818 – 30 July 1870) was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk).

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Baltazar Mathias Keilhau

Baltazar Mathias Keilhau (2 November 1797 – 1 January 1858) was a Norwegian geologist and mountain pioneer.

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Besseggen

Besseggen, or Besseggi, is a mountain ridge in Vågå kommune in Oppland county, Norway.

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Bjørn G. Andersen

Bjørn Grothaug Andersen (23 March 1924, in Stavanger, Norway – 12 January 2012, in Asker, Norway) was a Norwegian professor of Quaternary geology and glaciology who made foundational contributions to glacial geology and the understanding of climate change.

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Caledonian orogeny

The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain building era recorded in the northern parts of Ireland and Britain, the Scandinavian Mountains, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe.

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Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep object.

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Dome (geology)

A dome is a feature in structural geology consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect each other at their respective apices.

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Dovrefjell

Dovrefjell is a mountain range in central Norway that forms a natural barrier between Eastern Norway and Trøndelag, the area around Trondheim.

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Eidsbugarden

Eidsbugarden is a tourist center which lies at the western end of Lake Bygdin in the Jotunheimen mountain range on the outskirts of Jotunheim National Park in Oppland, Norway.

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Falketind

Falketind is a mountain in the municipality of Årdal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Galdhøpiggen

Galdhøpiggen is the tallest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia and Northern Europe, at 2,469 m (8,100 ft) above sea level.

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Gjendesheim

Gjendesheim Turisthytte has been a staffed lodge with Norwegian Mountain Touring Association (In Norwegian, Den Norske Turistforening – DNT) Oslo og Omegn as proprietor since 1878, and is located in the heart of the Norwegian mountains.

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Global and Planetary Change

Global and Planetary Change is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research into the earth sciences, particularly pertaining to changes in aspects thereof such as sea level and the chemical composition of the atmosphere.

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Gol, Norway

is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.

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Hiking

Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks.

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Hurrungane

Hurrungane (also written Hurrungene, Hurrungadn, Horungane) is a mountain range in the municipalities Luster and Årdal in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Inselberg

An inselberg or monadnock is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain.

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Jötunheimr

Jötunheimr (or Jǫtunheimr in Old Norse orthography; often anglicized as Jotunheim) is the homeland of the Jötnar, the giants in Norse mythology.

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Jens Esmark

Jens Esmark (31 January 1763 – 26 January 1839) was a Danish-Norwegian professor of mineralogy who contributed to many of the initial discoveries and conceptual analyses of glaciers, specifically the concept that glaciers had covered larger areas in the past.

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Jotunheimen National Park

Jotunheimen (“Home of the Giants”) National Park (Jotunheimen nasjonalpark) is a national park in Norway, recognized as one of the country's premier hiking and fishing regions.

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Jotunheimen shoe

The Jotunheimen shoe is a leather shoe discovered in the Jotunheimen Mountains in eastern Norway.

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Krkonoše

The Krkonoše (Czech), Karkonosze (Polish), Riesengebirge (German), Riesageberge (Silesian German) or Giant Mountains, are a mountain range located in the north of the Czech Republic and the south-west of Poland, part of the Sudetes mountain system (part of the Bohemian Massif).

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Lom, Norway

Lom is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway.

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Memurubu

Memurubu is a tourist hut in Norway, at the end or start of the famous Besseggen hiking trail.

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Mountain

A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.

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Norse mythology

Norse mythology is the body of myths of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Norwegian Trekking Association

The Norwegian Trekking Association (Den norske turistforening, DNT) is a Norwegian association which maintains mountain trails and cabins in Norway.

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Oppland

Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark.

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Paleic surface

The paleic surface or palaeic surface (paleiske overflaten) is an erosion surface of gentle slopes that exist in South Norway.

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Royal Mountain Chalet, Prinsehytta

The Royal Mountain Chalet (Norwegian: Prinsehytta, The Prince Cottage) is a cottage in Sikkilsdalen in Jotunheimen, Norway.

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Scandinavian Mountains

The Scandinavian Mountains or the Scandes is a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Skjolden

Skjolden is a village in the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane (English: Sogn and Fjordane) is a county in western Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland.

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Sognefjellsvegen

The Sognefjellsvegen or Sognefjellsveien is the highest mountain pass road in Northern Europe.

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Summit accordance

Altai region of Russia. A summit accordance exists when hill and mountaintops tops, and eventually also plateaux, have such disposition that they form a geometric plane that may be either horizontal or tilted.

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Tourism in Norway

As of 2008, Norway ranks 17th in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report.

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Utladalen Landscape Protection Area

Utladalen Landscape Protection Area (Utladalen landskapsvernområde) is adjacent to Jotunheimen National Park, covering Utladalen, Norway's deepest valley.

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Valdresflye

Valdresflye, also spelled Valdresflya and Valdresflyi, is a mountain plateau in the easternmost part of Jotunheimen in Øystre Slidre, Norway.

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Vågå

Vågå is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jotunheimen

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