Bukkehøe Explained

Bukkehøe
Other Name:Bukkehøi
Map:Innlandet#Norway
Map Alt:Map of the location
Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:61.6042°N 8.2663°W[1]
Location:Innlandet, Norway
Elevation M:2314
Prominence M:352
Isolation Km:3.1
Elevation Ref:[2]
Range:Jotunheimen
Parent Peak:Galdhøpiggen
Listing:
  1. 18 in Norway

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Bukkehøe or Bukkehøi is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2314m (7,592feet) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Storjuvtinden, Svellnosbreahesten, Store Tverråtinden, and Midtre Tverråtinden to the northeast; Sauhøi to the west; Bukkeholstindene and Tverrbottindene to the southwest; Store Styggehøe and Bukkeholshøe to the southeast; and Lindbergtinden to the east.

Name

The first element is bukk which means 'buck' (as in a male reindeer). The last element is the finite form of which is a word for a 'large and round mountain'.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bukkehøe, Lom . . Norwegian . 2022-05-08.
  2. Web site: Bukkehøe . PeakVisor.com . 2022-05-08.