Jervvasstind

Jervvasstind
Seen from Fannaråki
Elevation	2,351 m (7,713 ft)
Prominence	120 m (394 ft) [1]
Listing	9 at List of mountains in Norway by height
Location
Jervvasstind Location of Sogn og Fjordane
Location	Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Range	Hurrungane
Coordinates	61°27′53″N 07°54′40″E / 61.46472°N 7.91111°E / 61.46472; 7.91111Coordinates: 61°27′53″N 07°54′40″E / 61.46472°N 7.91111°E / 61.46472; 7.91111
Topo map	1517 IV Hurrungane
Climbing
First ascent	1876: William Cecil Slingsby, Emanuel Mohn, and K. Lykken
Easiest route	Climbing

Jervvasstind (also known as: Gjertvasstind and Østre Styggedalstind) is Norway's ninth highest mountain. The 2,351-metre (7,713 ft) tall 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.^[2]

Name

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).

References

1. ^ "Toppomania - Jervvasstind 2351 moh". http://www.toppomania.info/toppdetaljer.php?toppid=9. 
2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Gjertvasstind" (in Norwegian). http://www.snl.no/Gjertvasstind. Retrieved 2010-09-11.