| Storskrymten | |
| Map: | Innlandet#Møre og Romsdal#Trøndelag#Norway |
| Map Alt: | Map of the location |
| Label: | Storskrymten |
| Coordinates: | 62.3725°N 9.0618°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
| Location: | Innlandet, Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag, Norway |
| Elevation M: | 1985 |
| Prominence M: | 610 |
| Isolation Km: | 9 |
| Elevation Ref: | [2] |
| Range: | Dovrefjell |
| Listing: |
}} Storskrymten is a 1985m (6,512feet) tall mountain in Norway. The top of the mountain is a tripoint for three counties and three municipalities: Oppdal Municipality (Trøndelag county), Sunndal Municipality (Møre og Romsdal county), and Lesja Municipality (Innlandet county). The nearest urban areas are the village of Sunndalsøra which is located about to the northwest, Dombås which is located about to the south, and Oppdal which is about to the northeast.[3] GeographyIt is the highest mountain in Trøndelag county as well as the highest mountain in Sunndal municipality. Less than east of Storskrymten is the mountain Litlskrymten which means "the little Skrymt". It is located in the Dovrefjell mountains and it is inside the Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park. The mountain Salhøa lies about to the southwest, along the Sunndal-Lesja municipal border. The mountain is surrounded by several other mountains including Salhøa and Grøvudalstinden to the west and Skuleggen to the southeast. NameThe first element is stor which means "big" and the last element is the finite form of skrymt which means "uncanny thing", "fright", or "scare" (the hillsides of the mountain are extremely steep). See alsoReferences |