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Knutsholstinden is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Skarvflytindene to the east, Leirungstinden and Vesle Knutsholstinden to the southeast, Store Svartdalspiggen to the west, and Nordre Knutsholstinden to the north.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Knutsholstinden
Mountain.other_name
Store Knutsholstinden (unofficial)
Mountain.photo
Store Knutsholstinden 2005.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Seen from the north, from Raudhamran by Surtningssue
Mountain.mapframe
yes
Mountain.mapframe zoom
9
Mountain.mapframe wikidata
yes
Mountain.mapframe caption
Interactive map of the mountain
Mountain.location
Innlandet, Norway
Mountain.elevation_m
2342
Mountain.prominence_m
969
Mountain.isolation_km
12.1
Mountain.range
Jotunheimen
Mountain.first_ascent
13 July 1875 (Johannes Thomassen Heftye, Knut Lykken, Gullik Gulliksen Lid)
Mountain.listing
14 in Norway

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain
Country
Norway
Located in
Vågå
Image
Store Knutsholstinden 2005.jpg
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topographic prominence
970
mountain range
Jotunheimen
Commons category
Knutsholstinden
topographic isolation
12.25
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Knutsholstinden is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Skarvflytindene to the east, Leirungstinden and Vesle Knutsholstinden to the southeast, Store Svartdalspiggen to the west, and Nordre Knutsholstinden to the north.

==Name== The first element is the genitive of the name of the large gorge Knutsholet. The last element is the finite form of tind which means 'mountain peak'. The name of the gorge is a compound of the male name Knut and hol which means 'hole', 'hollow', or 'gorge'. The reason for the name, and who the person Knut was, is unknown. The prefix store means 'the big' or 'the great'.

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