Trollsteineggi

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Trollsteineggi
Trollsteineggje
Trollsteineggje seen from Glittertinden
Highest point
Elevation2,300 m (7,500 ft)[1]
Prominence111 m (364 ft)[1]
Parent peakGlittertinden
Isolation0.898 km (0.558 mi)[1]
Listing#22 in Norway
Coordinates61°39′37″N 8°33′30″E / 61.66037°N 8.55834°E / 61.66037; 8.55834[2]
Geography
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Trollsteineggi
Location of the mountain
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Trollsteineggi
Trollsteineggi (Norway)
LocationInnlandet, Norway
Parent rangeJotunheimen
Topo map1618 III Glittertinden

Trollsteineggi or Trollsteineggje is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,300-metre (7,500 ft) tall mountain is the 22nd tallest mountain in Norway.[3] It is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the village of Fossbergom and about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) southeast of the village of Elvesæter. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Trollsteinrundhøe to the north, Grotbreahesten to the northeast, and Glittertinden to the south.[1]

The population density of the area around Trollseteinseggi is less than 2 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.2/sq mi).[4] The area around Trollsteineggi is almost completely covered with grass.[5] The climate is boreal.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Trollsteineggje". PeakVisor.com. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Trollsteineggje, Lom" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  3. ^ "List of Norway's 2000m peak". Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Population Density | NASA". Population Density | NASA. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Land Cover Classification (1 year) | NASA". Land Cover Classification (1 year) | NASA. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  6. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (11 October 2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.