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Bukkehøe
Bukkehøe or Bukkehøi is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2314 m tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 30 km southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about 40 km northeast of the village of Øvre Årdal. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Storjuvtinden, Svellnosbreahesten, Store Tverråtinden, and Midtre Tverråtinden to the northeast; Sauhøi to the west; Bukkeholstindene and Tverrbottindene to the southwest; Store Styggehøe and Bukkeholshøe to the southeast; and Lindbergtinden to the east.
Name
The first element is bukk which means 'buck' (as in a male reindeer). The last element is the finite form of hø which is a word for a 'large and round mountain'.
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