Kongskrona

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Kongskrona
Kongens krone
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Kongskrona
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Highest point
Elevation 1,818 m (5,965 ft)
Prominence 690 m (2,260 ft)
Parent peak Vinnufjellet
Coordinates 62°41′22″N08°39′25″E / 62.68944°N 8.65694°E / 62.68944; 8.65694 Coordinates: 62°41′22″N08°39′25″E / 62.68944°N 8.65694°E / 62.68944; 8.65694
Geography
Location Sunndal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Parent range Trollheimen
Topo map 1420 III Sunndalsøra

Kongskrona is a 1,818-metre (5,965 ft) tall mountain peak in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the higher of the two peaks on the main mountain Vinnufjellet. Its neighbour peak is Dronningkrona which is about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) shorter. The name means King's crown in Norwegian (the neighboring peak Dronningkrona means Queen's crown).

Møre og Romsdal County (fylke) of Norway

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Vinnufjellet mountain in Norway

Vinnufjellet is an 1,818-metre (5,965 ft) tall mountain in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Vinnufjellet consists of the two peaks named Dronningkrona at 1,816 metres (5,958 ft) and Kongskrona at 1,818 metres (5,965 ft). The names of the two peaks are translated as Queen's crown and King's crown. The mountain is located just northeast of the village of Sunndalsøra and the Sunndalsfjorden. On the south side of the mountain, the Vinnufossen waterfall flows into the river Driva, just east of the village of Hoelsand.

The peak lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of the village of Sunndalsøra. To the north of the mountain lies the Innerdalen valley. The top of the mountain is the glacier called Vinnubreen or Vinnufonna. [1]

Sunndalsøra Village in Western Norway, Norway

Sunndalsøra  is a town and the administrative centre of Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.

Innerdalen

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References

  1. "Kongskrona" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2010-12-03.