Vesle Galdhøpiggen Explained

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:
  1. 6 in Norway

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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.

Name

The word vesle means 'small' or 'little' - thus the name means 'the little Galdhøpiggen'.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Veslpiggen, Lom . . Norwegian . 2022-05-08.
  2. Web site: Veslpiggen . PeakVisor.com . 2022-05-08.
  3. Web site: Galdhøpiggen, Vesle 2369 moh - fakta . Toppomania.