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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 521 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOTUNHEIM , or JoTUN FJELDE, a mountainous region of See also:

southern See also:Norway, lying between See also:Gudbrandsdal on the See also:east and Jostedalsbrae and the See also:head of the Sogne See also:fjord on the See also:west. Within an See also:area of about 95o sq. m. it contains the highest See also:mountain in the Scandinavian See also:Peninsula—Galdhopiggen (8399 ft.) —and several others but little inferior. Such are Glittertind or Glitretind (8380), and Memurutind (7966), which See also:face Galdhopiggen across the northward-sloping Visdal; Knutshulstind (7812) and several other peaks exceeding 7000 ft., to the See also:south, between lakes Gjende and Bygdin, and Skagastolstind (7723) in the west of the region, above the Utladal, the See also:chief See also:summit of the magnificent Horunger. The upper parts of the See also:main valleys are of characteristic See also:form, not ending in lofty mountain-walls but comparatively See also:low and level, and bearing lakes. The name Jotunheim (giants' See also:home) is a See also:modern memorial of the mountain-dwelling giants of Norse See also:fable; the alternative name Jotun Fjelde was the first bestowed on the region, when it was explored in 182o by the geologist Balthasar See also:Matthias Keilhau (1797–1858). In modern times ,the region has attracted mountaineers and many visitors accustomed to rough lodging and difficult travelling.

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