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Bukkehøe
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Bukkehøe is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 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 Storjuvtinden, Svellnosbreahesten, Store Tverråtinden, and Midtre Tverråtinden to the northeast; Sauhøe to the west; Bukkeholstindene and Tverrbottindene to the southwest; Store Styggehøe and Bukkeholshøe to the southeast; and Lindbergtinden to the ea
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- Mountain.name
- Bukkehøe
- Mountain.mapframe
- yes
- Mountain.mapframe zoom
- 9
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- yes
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- Interactive map of the mountain
- Mountain.location
- Innlandet, Norway
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2314
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 352
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 3.1
- Mountain.range
- Jotunheimen
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Galdhøpiggen
- Mountain.listing
- 18 in Norway
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- Elevation
- 2314
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- topographic prominence
- 346
- topographic isolation
- 3.15
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Bukkehøe is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 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 Storjuvtinden, Svellnosbreahesten, Store Tverråtinden, and Midtre Tverråtinden to the northeast; Sauhøe to the west; Bukkeholstindene and Tverrbottindene to the southwest; Store Styggehøe and Bukkeholshøe to the southeast; and Lindbergtinden to the east.
==Name== The first element is bukk which means 'buck' (as in a male reindeer). The last element is the finite form of hø which is a word for a 'large and round mountain'.
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