Store Fornestinden

Store Fornestinden is a mountain in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The highest peak of any mountain in the eastern part of the municipality. The 1,477-metre (4,846 ft) tall mountain lies about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of the city of Tromsø and about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of the village of Lyngseidet in the neighboring Lyngen Municipality. The mountain is on the southern shore of the Kjosen fjord, an arm of the large Ullsfjorden.

Store Fornestinden
West face of Store Fornestinden as seen from Jøvik
Highest point
Elevation1,477 m (4,846 ft)[1]
Coordinates69.5651°N 19.9283°E / 69.5651; 19.9283[2]
Geography
Map of the location
Map of the location
Store Fornestinden
Location of the mountain
Map of the location
Map of the location
Store Fornestinden
Store Fornestinden (Norway)
LocationTroms og Finnmark, Norway
Parent rangeLyngen Alps
Climbing
First ascent3 August 1898 by Geoffrey Hastings, William C. Slingsby and Walter Perry Haskett-Smith[1]

The mountain consists of two peaks, the highest being Store Fornestinden at 1,477 metres (4,846 ft). The second peak named Litle Fornestinden, is slightly more northerly with a height of 1,050 metres (3,440 ft). The mountain is located in the Lyngen Alps, part of the Scandinavian Mountains.

References
  1. "Store Fornestinden". biosphere.no. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
  2. "Store Fornestinden, Tromsø (Troms)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2018-08-12.


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