Besshø Explained

Besshø
Other Name:Besshøe
Map:Innlandet#Norway
Map Alt:Map of the location
Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:61.5179°N 8.6872°W[1]
Location:Innlandet, Norway
Elevation M:2258
Prominence M:850
Isolation Km:5.7
Elevation Ref:[2]
Range:Jotunheimen

Besshø or Besshøe is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2258m (7,408feet) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Kollhøin to the north, Veslfjellet and Besseggen to the southeast, Bukkehåmåren and Eggi to the south, and Gloptinden to the west.

The mountain lies right above the lake Bessvatnet, along the Besseggen hiking trail. On the mountain's north-eastern side is a small cirque glacier, and it is surrounded by a large ice-cored moraine, a relatively rare feature in Norway.

From Besseggen there is a nice view over the lakes Gjende and Bessvatnet. Gjende is about 400 m lower than Bessvatnet. While Bessvatnet has a blue colour common to lakes, Gjende has a green colour due to glacier runoff depositing clay into the lake (rock flour).

Toponymy

The mountain is named after the lake Bessvatnet, the last element is the finite form of for "large and round mountain".

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Besshøe, Vågå . . Norwegian . 2022-05-31.
  2. Web site: Besshøe . PeakVisor.com . 2022-05-31.