🌲 Jotunheimen National Park

Norway · Europe · National Park · 61.50°N, 8.37°E

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Jotunheimen National Park
Jotunheimen National Park is a national park in Norway, recognized as one of the country's premier hiking and fishing regions. The national park covers 1,151 square kilometres (444 sq mi) and is part of the larger area Jotunheimen. More than 250 peaks rise above an elevation of 1,900 metres (6,200 ft), including Northern Europe's three highest peaks: Galdhøpiggen at 2,469 metres (8,100 ft), Glittertind at 2,452 metres (8,045 ft) and Store Skagastølstind at 2,405 metres (7,890 ft).

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Quick facts

CountryNorway
Continent / regionEurope
Protection type🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)61.50°N, 8.37°E · view on map

Jotunheimen National Park is a national park in Norway, in Europe. The details of why Jotunheimen National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Coordinates are an approximate area centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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