Location Tromsø, Troms, Norway Elevation 1,477 m Mountain range Lyngen Alps | Parent range Lyngen Alps First ascent 3 August 1898 | |
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First ascenders William Cecil Slingsby, Geoffrey Hastings, Walter Perry Haskett-Smith People also search for Imbodentinden, Moskkogáisi | ||
Store Fornestinden is the highest peak of a mountain in the eastern part of the municipality of Tromsø in Troms county, Norway, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of the city of Tromsø. It is located about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of the village of Lyngseidet in the municipality of Lyngen. The mountain is on the southern shore of the Kjosen fjord, an arm of the large Ullsfjorden.
Map of Store Fornestinden, 9043 J%C3%B8vik, Norway
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.
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