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JOTUNHEIM

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 521 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JEE-JUN
JOTUNHEIM , or JoTUN FJELDE, a mountainous region of southern Norway, lying between
Gudbrandsdal
  on the
east
  and Jostedalsbrae and the head of the Sogne fjord on the west. Within an area of about 95o sq. m. it contains the highest
mountain
  in the Scandinavian PeninsulaGaldhopiggen (8399 ft.) and several others but little inferior. Such are Glittertind or Glitretind (8380), and Memurutind (7966), which face Galdhopiggen across the northward-sloping Visdal; Knutshulstind (7812) and several other peaks exceeding 7000 ft., to the
south
 , between lakes Gjende and Bygdin, and Skagastolstind (7723) in the west of the region, above the Utladal, the
chief
  summit of the magnificent Horunger. The upper parts of the
main
  valleys are of characteristic form, not ending in lofty
mountain
 -walls but comparatively low and level, and bearing lakes. The name Jotunheim (giants'
home
 ) is a
modern
  memorial of the mountain-dwelling giants of Norse fable; the alternative name Jotun Fjelde was the first bestowed on the region, when it was explored in 182o by the geologist Balthasar
Matthias
  Keilhau (17971858). In
modern
  times ,the region has attracted mountaineers and many visitors accustomed to rough lodging and difficult travelling.


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