Kyrkja
Sign in to saveKyrkja 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 south of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Urdadalstindan and Semelholstinden to the east; Kyrkjeoksle, Visbreatinden, and Langvasshøe to the southeast; Høgvagltindane to the south; Stehøe and Stetinden to the west; and Tverrbottindene and Tverrbytthornet to the north.
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- Mountain.name
- Kyrkja
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- Kyrkja.jpg
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- View of the mountain
- 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
- 2032
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 278
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 1.8
- Mountain.range
- Jotunheimen
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Visbreatinden
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Kyrkja 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 south of the village of Fossbergom and about northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Urdadalstindan and Semelholstinden to the east; Kyrkjeoksle, Visbreatinden, and Langvasshøe to the southeast; Høgvagltindane to the south; Stehøe and Stetinden to the west; and Tverrbottindene and Tverrbytthornet to the north.
The mountain is named which means "The Church". This name was given because its peak is extremely steep and resembles a church spire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kyrkja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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