Blånibba Gjegnet Uksen | |
Other Name: | Gjegnen (unofficial) |
Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Map Alt: | Map of the location |
Label: | Blånibba |
Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 61.8025°N 5.8228°W[1] |
Location: | Vestland, Norway |
Elevation M: | 1670 |
Prominence M: | 1460 |
Listing: | 5 at List of mountains in Norway by prominence |
Age: | Devonian |
Geology: | Sandstone |
Blånibba or Gjegnet or Uksen[2] is the highest mountain in the municipality of Bremanger in Vestland county, Norway. The 1670-tallNaN-tall mountain has a topographic prominence of, the fifth-highest prominence in Norway. The glacier Gjegnalundsbreen lies directly to the east of the mountain. The mountain is about southeast of the village of Ålfoten in Bremanger and about northwest of the village of Sandane in neighboring Gloppen municipality.[3]
The name Gjegnen is a definite noun derived from the adjective gjegn which means "straight" or "direct". The top of this prominent mountain was used to find and hold the direction for travellers. The alternate name Blånibba is a compound of the words blå ("blue") and the definite form of nibbe (mountain peak).