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Jervvasstind

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Parent range
  
Hurrungane

Elevation
  
2,351 m

Prominence
  
120 m

Easiest route
  
Climbing

Topo map
  
1517 IV Hurrungane

First ascent
  
1876

Mountain range
  
Hurrungane

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Location
  
Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

First ascenders
  
William Cecil Slingsby, Knut Lykken, Emanuel Mohn

Similar
  
Store Styggedalstinden, Sentraltind, Store Skagastølstind, Vetle Skagastølstind, Store Knutsholstinden

Jervvasstind (also known as: Gjertvasstind and Østre Styggedalstind) is Norway's ninth-highest mountain. The 2,351-metre-tall (7,713 ft) mountain lies in the Hurrungane mountains in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It lies on the eastern end of a mountain ridge including the mountains (west to east) Store Skagastølstind-Vetle Skagastølstind-Sentraltind-Store Styggedalstind-Jervvasstind. The village of Skjolden is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) to the west.

Contents

Map of Jervvasstind, 6877 Fortun, Norway

NameEdit

The first element is the genitive of the name of the lake Jervvatnet and the last element is tind which means "mountain peak". The first element in the lake name is jerv which means "wolverine" and the last element is the finite form of vatn which means "water" or "lake". The old form "Gjertvasstind" is wrong and misunderstood (there is no word "gjert" in the Norwegian language).

First ascentsEdit

The first recorded ascent was by William Cecil Slingsby and Emanuel Mohn in 1876. The first winter ascent was by Arne Randers Heen and Ernst Bakke in 1953.

References

Jervvasstind Wikipedia