Jakta is a 1588 m tall mountain in the Sunnmørsalpene mountain range. It is located in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Jakta lies 5 km south of the nearby mountain Slogen and just across the Hjørundfjorden from the mountain Skårasalen. The village of Leira lies 5 km south of Jakta. On August 2, 1896, the two Brits H.C. Bowen and Cecil W. Patchell became the first known people to reach the top of Jakta.