Jetnamsklumpen

Jetnamsklumpen (Norwegian) or Jitnemensnuhkie (Southern Sami) is the highest point of Jetnamfjellet, a mountain on the border of the municipalities of Røyrvik (Trøndelag county) and Hattfjelldal (Nordland county) in Norway. The 1,513-metre (4,964 ft) tall mountain is located in the Børgefjell National Park, and it is the highest point in Trøndelag county.[2]

Jetnamsklumpen  (Norwegian)
Jitnemensnuhkie  (Southern Sami)
Jetnamsklumpen
Location of the mountain
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Jetnamsklumpen (Nordland)
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Jetnamsklumpen (Norway)
Highest point
Elevation1,513 m (4,964 ft)
Listing13 at List of highest points of Norwegian counties
Coordinates65.1311°N 14.1917°E / 65.1311; 14.1917[1]
Geography
LocationTrøndelag and Nordland, Norway
Topo map1925 II Børgefjellet (west) and 2025 III Ranseren (east)

The eastern point of the large Jetnamsfjellet mountain, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of Jetnamsklumpen is considerably lower, at 1,206 metres (3,957 ft), but it is a quadripoint for four counties: Trøndelag and Nordland in Norway, and Jämtland and Västerbotten in Sweden.

Name

The first element is from the Southern Sami language word "jitneme" which means "area covered with snow", and the last element is the finite form of Norwegian language word "klump" which means "clump" or "round mountain".

See also

References

  1. "Jetnamsklumpen, Røyrvik (Trøndelag)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Jetnamsklumpen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-09-12.


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