Store Knutsholstinden

Coordinates: 61°25′46″N 8°34′13″E / 61.42944°N 8.57028°E / 61.42944; 8.57028
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Store Knutsholstinden
Seen from the north, from Raudhamran by Surtningssue
Highest point
Elevation2,341 m (7,680 ft)[1]
Prominence969 m (3,179 ft)
Listing14 at List of mountains in Norway by height
Coordinates61°25′46″N 8°34′13″E / 61.42944°N 8.57028°E / 61.42944; 8.57028
Geography
LocationVågå, Oppland, Norway
Parent rangeJotunheimen
Topo map1617 IV Gjende
Climbing
First ascent13 July 1875 (Johannes Thomassen Heftye, Knut Lykken, Gullik Gulliksen Lid)

Store Knutsholstinden is a mountain in Vågå, Oppland, Norway.

The name

The first element is the genitive of the name of the large gorge Knutsholet, the last element is the finite form of tind m 'mountain peak'. The name of the gorge is a compound of the male name Knut and hol n 'hole (hollow), gorge'. The reason for the name, and who the person Knut was, is unknown.

The word store means 'the big'.

References

  1. ^ norgeskart.no (in Norwegian)