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Snøhetta

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Snøhetta is the highest mountain in the Dovrefjell range, and the highest mountain in Norway outside the Jotunheimen range, making it the 24th highest peak in Norway, based on a 30-metre topographic prominence cutoff. [1]

21 relations: Climbing, Dovre, Dovrefjell, Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park, Helipad, Hood (headgear), Jens Esmark, Jotunheimen, List of mountains in Norway by height, List of mountains in Norway by prominence, Mountaineering, Norway, Norwegian Army, Norwegian Constituent Assembly, Norwegian Trekking Association, Oppland, Peter Wessel Zapffe, Philosophy, Snow, Topographic prominence, Ultra-prominent peak.

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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Dovre

Dovre is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway.

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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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Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park

Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park (Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella nasjonalpark) is a National Park in Norway.

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Helipad

A helipad is a landing area or platform for helicopters and powered lift aircraft.

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Hood (headgear)

A hood is a kind of headgear that covers most of the head and neck, and sometimes the face.

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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

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.

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List of mountains in Norway by height

There are 291 peaks in Norway with elevations over sea level of or more and that have a topographic prominence of more than 10 meters.

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List of mountains in Norway by prominence

This is a list of the mountains of Norway, ordered by their topographic prominence.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.

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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 Army

Norway achieved full independence in 1905, and in the first century of its short life has contributed to three major conflicts, World War II, the Cold War and the War on Terror.

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Norwegian Constituent Assembly

The Norwegian Constituent Assembly (in Norwegian Grunnlovsforsamlingen, also known as Riksforsamlingen) is the name given to the 1814 Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in Norway, that voted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark.

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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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Peter Wessel Zapffe

Peter Wessel Zapffe (December 18, 1899 – October 12, 1990) was a Norwegian metaphysician, author, lawyer and mountaineer.

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Philosophy

Philosophy (from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally "love of wisdom") is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

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Snow

Snow refers to forms of ice crystals that precipitate from the atmosphere (usually from clouds) and undergo changes on the Earth's surface.

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Topographic prominence

In topography, prominence characterizes the height of a mountain or hill's summit by the vertical distance between it and the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it.

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Ultra-prominent peak

An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is defined as a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more.

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Hettpiggen, Snohetta, Snohetta (mountain), Snøhetta (mountain).

References

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

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