Store Venjetinden

Store Venjetinden
Store Vengetinden

Store Venjetinden seen from Breitinden
Highest point
Elevation 1,852 m (6,076 ft)
Prominence 710 m (2,330 ft)
Coordinates 62°30′27″N 07°50′22″E / 62.50750°N 7.83944°E / 62.50750; 7.83944Coordinates: 62°30′27″N 07°50′22″E / 62.50750°N 7.83944°E / 62.50750; 7.83944
Geography
Map of the location
Store Venjetinden

Location in Møre og Romsdal

Location Rauma, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Parent range Romsdalsalpene
Topo map 1320 II Eresfjord
Climbing
First ascent 18 August 1881, north-east ridge, William Cecil Slingsby and Johannes Vigdal
Easiest route Climbing
Seen from Isfjorden

Store Venjetinden (or sometimes Store Vengetinden) is a mountain in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of the mountain Romsdalshornet, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the Rauma river and European Route E136, and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of the town of Åndalsnes.[1]

The first ascent was via the northeast ridge in 1881 by William Cecil Slingsby and Johannes Vigdal. The first ascent via the western ridge was in 1930 by Erik Heen and Karl Oshaug.[2]

References

  1. Store norske leksikon. "Vengetindane" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  2. Nebell, Anne Grete; Bø, Bjarte (1999). Klatring i Romsdal (in Norwegian). Sogge Fjellsport. ISBN 978-82-995032-0-4.

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