Glittertind
Sign in to saveGlittertinden (or historically Glittertind) is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is the second highest mountain in Norway. It is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southeast of the village of Fossbergom and about southwest of the village of Vågåmo. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Trollsteineggje, Trollsteinrundhøe, and Svartholshøe to the north; Grotbreahesten to the northeast; Veslkjølen to the east; Austre Hestlægerhøe and Nautgardstinden to the sout
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Glittertinden
- Mountain.other_name
- Glittertind (historic)
- Mountain.photo
- Glittertind.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Glittertind, seen from the east
- Mountain.mapframe
- yes
- Mountain.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Mountain.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Mountain.mapframe caption
- Interactive map of the mountain
- Mountain.location
- Innlandet, Norway
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2452
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 975
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 13
- Mountain.range
- Jotunheimen
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Galdhøpiggen
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 1841 (Wergeland, Sletten)
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Hiking
- Mountain.listing
- 2 in Norway
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Glittertind
- Elevation
- 2464
- Image
- Glittertind.jpg
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- Glittertind
- topographic isolation
- 13
- topographic prominence
- 995
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Glittertinden (or historically Glittertind) is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is the second highest mountain in Norway. It is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southeast of the village of Fossbergom and about southwest of the village of Vågåmo. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Trollsteineggje, Trollsteinrundhøe, and Svartholshøe to the north; Grotbreahesten to the northeast; Veslkjølen to the east; Austre Hestlægerhøe and Nautgardstinden to the southeast; Steinbukampen and Veopallan to the south; and Galdhøpiggen to the west.
==Height== The mountain reaches an elevation of without the glacier on top of its peak. As of 2008 it reached above sea level including the glacier, measured as summer minimum. But in August 2022, the mountain was seen basically without the glacier.
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3 mapped locations