Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen is one of 's most popular mountain areas, most of which is protected as a national park. This mountain range includes the highest summits in Norway and some of the wildest alpine areas in Norway.
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,070 metres
  • Description: mountain range in Norway
  • Also known as: Jotunfjeldene”, “Jotunfjell”, and “Jotunheim Mountains

Places of Interest

Highlights include Galdhøpiggen and Vesle Galdhøpiggen.

Peak
Photo: Jojo, Public domain.
is the highest mountain in Norway, , and Northern Europe. The 2,469-metre-tall mountain is located in in county, .

Peak
Photo: Sondrekv, Public domain.
or Veslpiggen is a mountain in in county, . It is the sixth highest mountain in Norway. The 2,369-metre tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within .

Peak
is a prominent part of the mountain range in northwestern Jotunheimen, , and is the sixth highest summit in the country.

Jotunheimen

Latitude
61.6333° or 61° 38′ north
Longitude
8.3° or 8° 18′ east
Elevation
2,070 metres (6,791 feet)
Open location code
9FHCJ8M2+82
Geo­Names ID
3150707
Wiki­data ID
Q588281
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Jotunheimen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Jotunheimen
  • Armenian: Յուտունհայմեն
  • Basque: Jotunheimen
  • Belarusian: Ютунхеймен
  • Bengali: জোতুনহেইমেন
  • Bulgarian: Ютунхаймен
  • Catalan: Jotunheimen
  • Cebuano: Jotunheimen
  • Chinese: 尤通黑门山脉
  • Czech: Jotunheimen
  • Danish: Jotunheimen
  • Dutch: Jotunheimen
  • Estonian: Jotunheimen
  • Faroese: Jotunheimur
  • Finnish: Jotunheimen
  • French: Jotunheimen
  • Georgian: იუტუნჰეიმენი
  • German: Jotunheimen
  • Hebrew: יוטונהיימן
  • Hungarian: Jotunheimen-hegység
  • Icelandic: Jötunheimar
  • Italian: Jotunheimen
  • Japanese: ヨーツンハイム山地
  • Japanese: ヨトゥンヘイム山地
  • Ladin: Jotunheimen
  • Lithuanian: Jutunheimenas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jotunheimen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jotunheimen
  • Norwegian: Jotunheimen
  • Persian: یوتونهایمن
  • Polish: Jotunheimen
  • Portuguese: Jotunheimen
  • Russian: Ютунхеймен
  • Slovak: Jotunheimen
  • Slovenian: Jotunheimen
  • Spanish: Jotunheimen
  • Swedish: Jotunheimen
  • Turkish: Jotunheimen Dağı
  • Ukrainian: Ютунгеймен
  • Ukrainian: Ютунхеймен
  • Venetian: Jotunheimen
  • Vietnamese: Jotunheimen
  • Welsh: Jotunheimen

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Jotunheimen”. Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.