Store Bukkeholstinden
The glacier Bukkeholsbreen in front
Highest point
Elevation2,213 m (7,260 ft)[1]
Prominence153 m (502 ft)[1]
Parent peakBukkehøe
Isolation2.1 km (1.3 mi)[1]
Coordinates61°34′45″N 8°18′28″E / 61.57923°N 8.30782°E / 61.57923; 8.30782[2]
Geography
Map of the location
Map of the location
Store Bukkeholstinden
Location of the mountain
Map of the location
Map of the location
Store Bukkeholstinden
Store Bukkeholstinden (Norway)
LocationInnlandet, Norway
Parent rangeJotunheimen
Topo map1518 II Galdhøpiggen
Climbing
First ascent4 August 1887, Alexander Walnum and Lars Sulheim d.e.

Store Bukkeholstinden is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,213-metre (7,260 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 32 kilometres (20 mi) southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Bukkeholshøi to the east; Nørdre Hellstugutinden, Midtre Hellstugutinden, and Urdadalstindene to the southeast; Tverrbytthornet and Kyrkja to the south; the Tverrbottindene ridge to the southwest and west; Bukkehøe and Lindbergtinden to the northwest; and Store Styggehøe to the northeast.[1]

This mountain is the highest among the mountains called Bukkeholstindane, and lies on a ridge between the Bukkeholsbreen glacier in the north and the Tverrbytnede valley in the south.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Store Bukkeholstinden". PeakVisor.com. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. "Store Bukkeholstinden, Lom" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 8 May 2022.


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