Store Hellstugutinden
| Store Hellstugutinden | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,345 m (7,694 ft) |
| Prominence | 390 m (1,280 ft) |
| Listing | 11 at List of mountains in Norway by height |
| Coordinates | 61°33′5″N 8°25′27″E / 61.55139°N 8.42417°ECoordinates: 61°33′5″N 8°25′27″E / 61.55139°N 8.42417°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Lom, Oppland, Norway |
| Parent range | Jotunheimen |
| Topo map | 1518 II Galdhøpiggen |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1 September 1881 (William Cecil Slingsby, Johannes Vigdal) |
Store Hellstugutinden is a mountain in Lom, Oppland, Norway and is in the mountain range Jotunheimen. Store Hellstugutinden is the highest of several peaks along the ridge Hellstugutindane, between Hellstugubrean/Vestre Memurubrean in east and Urdadalen in west.
The ridge Hellstugutindane consists of:
- Nordre Hellstugutinden
- Midtre Hellstugutinden
- Store Hellstugutinden
- Nestsøndre Hellstugutinden
- Søndre Hellstugutinden
The name
The first element is the name of the cabin (shelter for hunters) Hellstugu, the last element is the finite form of tind m 'mountain peak'. The name of the cabin is a compound of hella f 'flat stone, flagstone' and stugu f 'house with one room, cabin'. (Houses in Norway are mostly made of wood, but here they had to use stone because the lack of wood.)
The word store means 'the big'.
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