Vesle Galdhøpiggen | |
Other Name: | Veslpiggen |
Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
Map Alt: | Map of the location |
Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 61.6407°N 8.306°W[1] |
Location: | Innlandet, Norway |
Elevation M: | 2369 |
Prominence M: | 149 |
Isolation Km: | 0.464 |
Elevation Ref: | [2] |
Prominence Ref: | [3] |
Range: | Jotunheimen |
Parent Peak: | Galdhøpiggen |
Easiest Route: | Hiking |
Listing: |
}} Vesle Galdhøpiggen or Veslpiggen is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is the sixth highest mountain in Norway. The 2369m (7,772feet) 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 Galdhøpiggen (Norway's tallest mountain) and Keilhaus topp to the southeast; Storjuvtinden, Svellnosbreahesten, and Store Tverråtinden to the south; Skardstinden to the southwest; Storgrovtinden to the west; and Storgrovhøe to the northwest. NameThe word vesle means 'small' or 'little' - thus the name means 'the little Galdhøpiggen'. See alsoReferences} |