Tverrådalskyrkja

Tverrådalskyrkja is a mountain on the border of Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county and Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 2,089-metre (6,854 ft) tall mountain is located in the Breheimen mountains and inside the Breheimen National Park, just north of the large Harbardsbreen glacier. It is 23 kilometres (14 mi) north of the village of Skjolden in Luster and 33 kilometres (21 mi) southwest of Bismo in Skjåk. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Tundradalskyrkja to the east, Holåtindan to the southeast, Røykeskardhøi to the west, and Syrtbyttnosi to the northwest.^[1]

Tverrådalskyrkja
View of the mountain
Highest point
Elevation	2,089 m (6,854 ft)[1]
Prominence	614 m (2,014 ft)[1][2]
Isolation	17.1 km (10.6 mi)[1]
Coordinates	61°44′34″N 7°41′14″E[3]
Geography
Tverrådalskyrkja Location of the mountain Show map of Innlandet Tverrådalskyrkja Tverrådalskyrkja (Vestland) Show map of Vestland Tverrådalskyrkja Tverrådalskyrkja (Norway) Show map of Norway
Location	Innlandet and Vestland, Norway
Parent range	Breheimen
Topo map	1418 II Mørkrisdalen
Climbing
First ascent	2 August 1842: Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland

The 2,089-metre (6,854 ft) tall main peak is also called Store Tverrådalskyrkja. About 700 metres (2,300 ft) southwest of the main peak, there is a second peak at a height of 2,034 metres (6,673 ft), called Søre Tverrådalskyrkja.^[2]

Tverrådalskyrkja can be reached from the Norwegian Mountain Touring Association cabin Sotasæter. Usual access to the peak is over the Fortundalsbreen glacier, then along the eastern ridge.

Name

The first element is the genitive of the valley name Tverrådalen. The last element is the finite form of kyrkje which means "church". (Several mountains in Norway are named Kyrkja because of some likeness in shape with a church.) The first element of the valley name is the river name Tverråa and the last element is the finite form of dal which means "dale" or "valley". The river name is a compound of tverr which means "cross" and the finite form of å which means "(small) river"—thus it is a "side river" (to a bigger river).

Store Tverrådalskyrkja means "The Big Tverrådalskyrkja" and Søre Tverrådalskyrkja means "The Southern Tverrådalskyrkja".

See also

• List of mountains of Norway

References

1. "Tverrådalskyrkja". PeakVisor.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
2. "Tverrådalskyrkja" (in Norwegian). Toppomania. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
3. "Tverrådalskyrkja, Skjåk" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

External links

• Tverrådalskyrkja