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Feb 19 2025
Beahcegealháldi
Beahcegealháldi | Beahceegeal-Haldi 🏔️ Overview Beahcegealháldi is a remote Arctic mountain in Troms, northern Norway, rising on or very close to the boundary between the municipalities of Kvænangen and Nordreisa. The mountain stands east of Reisadalen amid a broad landscape of high plateaus, lakes, valleys, and rounded uplands belonging to the northern Scandinavian Mountains. Beahcegealháldi …
Feb 18 2025
Yudychvumchorr
Yudychvumchorr Yudychvumchorr (Russian: Юдычвумчорр) is the highest mountain in the Khibiny Mountains of northwestern Russia and the highest point on the entire Kola Peninsula. Rising to approximately 1,201 meters (3,940 feet), this broad Arctic summit dominates one of Russia’s most geologically unusual mountain landscapes. 🏔️ Overview Yudychvumchorr rises in Murmansk Oblast on Russia’s Kola Peninsula, …
Feb 17 2025
Istinden
Istinden 🏔️ Overview Istinden is a steep and highly prominent mountain in the Lyngen Alps of Troms, northern Norway. Rising to approximately 1,494 meters (4,902 feet) above sea level, the mountain stands on the rugged Lyngen Peninsula, where sharp summits, deeply carved valleys, lingering snowfields, and fjords create some of Scandinavia’s most dramatic alpine scenery. …
Feb 15 2025
Store Lenangstind
Store Lenangstind | Store Lenangstinden 🏔️ Overview Store Lenangstind, also known as Store Lenangstinden, is one of the most distinctive mountains in the Lyngen Alps of northern Norway. Rising to approximately 1,624 meters (5,328 feet) above sea level, the mountain stands in Lyngen Municipality in Troms, on the rugged Lyngen Peninsula east of Tromsø. Although …
Feb 14 2025
Kveita
Kveita Kveita is a high, glacier-surrounded mountain in the Lyngen Alps of northern Norway, rising above one of Scandinavia’s most dramatic Arctic alpine landscapes. Located in Lyngen Municipality in Troms, the summit stands immediately northeast of the much larger Jiehkkevárri massif and is closely associated with serious ski-mountaineering and glacier routes through this part of …
Feb 13 2025
Jiehkkevárri
Jiehkkevárri 🏔️ Overview Jiehkkevárri is the highest mountain in the Lyngen Alps and the highest point in Troms county in northern Norway. Rising from a spectacular landscape of fjords, glaciers, steep rock walls, and Arctic valleys, the mountain is one of the most significant summits in northern Scandinavia. Jiehkkevárri lies on the boundary between Tromsø …
Feb 12 2025
Khibiny Mountains
🏔️ Overview The Khibiny Mountains are a compact Arctic mountain massif on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, northwestern Russia. Rising north of the Arctic Circle, the Khibiny are the highest mountains on the Kola Peninsula and one of the most geologically distinctive mountain areas in northern Europe. Rather than forming a long, narrow chain, …
Feb 11 2025
Træshøgdi
Træshøgdi 🏔️ Overview Træshøgdi is a high and relatively remote mountain on the western side of Hardangervidda, the vast mountain plateau of southern Norway. Rising to approximately 1,680.2 meters (5,513 feet) above sea level, it is one of the higher summits within Hardangervidda National Park and stands well above much of the surrounding plateau. The …
Feb 11 2025
Melderskin
Melderskin 🏔️ Overview Melderskin is a prominent mountain rising above the village of Rosendal in Kvinnherad Municipality, Vestland, western Norway. Reaching 1,426 meters (4,678 feet) above sea level, the mountain forms part of the Scandinavian Mountains and stands within the dramatic landscape surrounding Folgefonna National Park. Although Melderskin is modest in elevation compared with Norway’s …
Feb 10 2025
Hardangerjøkulen
Hardangerjøkulen 🏔️ Overview Hardangerjøkulen is a broad plateau glacier in southern Norway, occupying the northern edge of the Hardangervidda highlands in Vestland county. Shared between the municipalities of Ulvik and Eidfjord, it is one of the largest surviving ice masses in mainland Norway and an important landmark of the Scandinavian mountain landscape. The Norwegian Water …
