Digerronden is a mountain in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,015-metre (6,611 ft) tall mountain is located in the Rondane mountains and inside the Rondane National Park. It is one of the ten mountains in the park that are over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) in elevation. The mountain has a characteristic pyramidal shape and it is located about 24 kilometres (15 mi) northeast of the town of Otta and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of the village of Dombås. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Midtronden and Høgronden to the east; Rondeslottet to the south; Veslesmeden, Storsmeden, Sagtindene, and Trolltinden to the southwest; Gråhøe and Vassberget to the west; and Stygghøin to the northwest.[1][3]

Digerronden
Digerronden to the left. Midtronden in the centre and Høgronden to the right.
Highest point
Elevation2,015 m (6,611 ft)[1]
Prominence190 m (620 ft)[1]
Parent peakMidtronden
Isolation1.4 km (0.87 mi)[1]
Coordinates61°57′06″N 9°49′52″E / 61.95158°N 9.83115°E / 61.95158; 9.83115[2]
Geography
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Digerronden
Location of the mountain
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Digerronden
Digerronden (Norway)
LocationInnlandet, Norway
Parent rangeRondane
Topo map1718 I Rondane

Name edit

The first element is diger which means "huge" or "enormous". The last part of the name is -ronden which is the finite plural of the word rond. Several mountains in the area have the ending -ronden (Digerronden, Høgronden, Midtronden, Storronden and Vinjeronden), and this is the finite singular of the same word. The word rond was probably originally the name of the long and narrow lake such as Rondvatnet and the mountains surrounding the lake were then named after this lake.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Digerronden". PeakVisor.com. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Digerronden, Dovre" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ^ Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (8 June 2020). "Digerronden". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 April 2022.