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Surtningssue

Surtningssue
Surtningssue, 2005.jpg
Surtningssue seen from Valdresflya
Highest point
Elevation2,368 m (7,769 ft)
Prominence710 m (2,330 ft) [1]
Isolation12.7 to 12.9 km (7.9 to 8.0 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
Listing7 at List of mountains in Norway by height
Coordinates61°32′3″N 8°34′21″E / 61.53417°N 8.57250°E
Geography
LocationLom and Vågå, Innlandet, Norway
Parent rangeJotunheimen
Topo map1618 III Glittertinden
Climbing
First ascentca. 1840 (Johan Sverdrup)
Easiest routeHiking

Surtningssue (or Surtningssui) is the seventh-highest mountain in Norway. It lies in Jotunheimen, on the border between the municipalities Lom and Vågå. Surtningssue has several distinct peaks, of which Store Surtningssue is the highest.

Surtningssue is most easily reached from the cabin Memurubu, along the northern shore of Gjendin.

The name

The first element is the genitive of a word *surtning 'the black one', the last element is the finite form of su f 'sow' - thus 'the black sow'. (It is common in Norway to compare the shape of mountains with animals.)

References

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