Store Venjetinden
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Store Venjetinden | |
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Store Vengetinden | |
![]() Store Venjetinden seen from Breitinden | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,852 m (6,076 ft) |
Prominence | 710 m (2,330 ft) |
Coordinates | 62°30′27″N 7°50′23″E / 62.5075°N 7.8397°E[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Møre og Romsdal, Norway |
Parent range | Romsdalsalpene |
Topo map | 1320 II Eresfjord |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 18 August 1881, north-east ridge, William Cecil Slingsby and Johannes Vigdal |
Easiest route | Climbing |
Store Venjetinden (or sometimes Store Vengetinden) is a mountain in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of the mountain Romsdalshornet, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the Rauma river and European Route E136, and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of the town of Åndalsnes.[2] It is the highest summit in the Romsdalsalpane range.
Ascents
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Vengetind-norway.jpg/220px-Vengetind-norway.jpg)
The first ascent was via the northeast ridge in 1881 by William Cecil Slingsby and Johannes Vigdal . The first ascent via the western ridge was in 1930 by Erik Heen and Karl Oshaug.[3]
In 2021, the men's world record for the vertical kilometer was set by Spanish mountain runner Kílian Jornet at Vengetind with a time of 28:48.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Store Venjetinden, Rauma (Møre og Romsdal)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Vengetindane" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-10-27.
- ^ Nebell, Anne Grete; Bø, Bjarte (1999). Klatring i Romsdal (in Norwegian). Sogge Fjellsport. ISBN 978-82-995032-0-4.
- ^ "Kilian Jornet dinamita el Kilómetro Vertical con 28'48", nuevo récord oficioso". Carreraspormontana.com (in Spanish). 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
External links
[edit]Media related to Store Venjetinden at Wikimedia Commons
- Pictures of the mountain