Kniven | |
Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
Map Alt: | Map of the location |
Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 61.568°N 8.1249°W[1] |
Location: | Innlandet, Norway |
Elevation M: | 2133 |
Prominence M: | 98 |
Isolation Km: | 0.521 |
Elevation Ref: | [2] |
Range: | Jotunheimen |
Parent Peak: | Sokse |
Kniven is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2133m (6,998feet) 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 lies in the Smørstabbtindene mountains and it is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Rundhøe to the east; Stetinden and Stehøi to the southeast; Sokse, Veslebjørn, Storebjørn to the south; Kalven to the southwest; and Store Smørstabbtinden to the north.