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    The Lyngen Alps (Norwegian: Lyngsalpan or Lyngsfjellan, Northern Sami: Ittuvárit, Kven: Yykeänvaarat) are a mountain range in northeastern Troms county...
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    access to the main road network. The Lyngen peninsula is a very scenic and mountainous area, known as the Lyngen Alps, with the highest peaks in Troms county...
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  • Lyngen may refer to: Lyngen Municipality, a municipality in Troms county, Norway Lyngen (fjord), a fjord in Troms county, Norway Lyngen Alps, a mountain...
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    the way north to the islands of Skjervøy Municipality. The Lyngen Alps lie on the Lyngen Peninsula along the western shore of the fjord. The European...
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  • Apuan Alps, in Italy Arrochar Alps, in Scotland Dinaric Alps, in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania Lyngen Alps, in...
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    the west, the Lyngen fjord lies to the south, the Kvænangen fjord lies to the east, and the Norwegian Sea lies to the north. The Lyngen Alps are located...
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    in all parts of Troms; the most alpine and striking are probably the Lyngen Alps (Lyngsalpene), with several small glaciers and the highest mountain in...
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    islands after they meet the sea. The Scandinavian mountains form the Lyngen Alps, which reach into northwestern Finnmark, gradually becoming lower from...
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    Ullsfjorden (category Lyngen)
    northwards along the west side of the Lyngen Peninsula (where the famous Lyngen Alps are located). The Kjosen fjord branches off to the east side and the...
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    a barren, mountainous coastline, with smaller islands offshore. The Lyngen Alps are the highest mountains of the area, rising to 1,833 metres (6,014 ft)...
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    conservation area. The central parts of the peninsula consist of the Lyngen Alps, an alpine landscape with glaciers and high peaks along with narrow,...
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    rich farmlands under majestic peaks including the southern end of the Lyngen Alps. Balsfjord was originally a part of the great Tromsøe landdistrikt municipality...
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  • for parts of the Sámi area, so that, for example, the Sámi between the Lyngen Alps and the White Sea needed to pay taxes to both Norway/Denmark–Norway and...
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    decades at the end of glaciers on the eastern side of New Zealand's Southern Alps. The most accessible, Lake Tasman, hosts boat trips for tourists. On a smaller...
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    Store Lenangstind (category Lyngen)
    Store Lenangstinden is a mountain in Lyngen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is within the Lyngen Alps mountain range and has the fourth-highest...
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  • Olympics in Innsbruck. Death While recording a film of his methods in the Lyngen Alps in Troms, Norway, Strand was mortally wounded during a practice run and...
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    mountains all over the county; the most alpine and striking are probably the Lyngen Alps (Lyngsalpene), with several small glaciers and the highest mountain in...
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    Rondane Dovrefjell Trollheimen Kjolen Mountains Saltfjellet Svecofennides Lyngen Alps Scottish Highlands Grampian mountains, Scotland Ben Nevis Cairngorms...
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    a height of 1,050 metres (3,440 ft). The mountain is located in the Lyngen Alps, part of the Scandinavian Mountains. "Store Fornestinden". biosphere...
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    Kåfjorden with a view of the Lyngen Alps. The village has a ferry connection to Lyngseidet, the administrative centre of Lyngen Municipality, across the fjord...
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  • to reach the summit of Store Svartsundtind. He then travelled to the Lyngen Alps where he made the first ascent of Jiehkkevarri ("the Mont Blanc of the...
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    European route E8 highway. The village lies along the western edge of the Lyngen Alps, about 75 kilometres (47 mi) from the city of Tromsø. Lakselvbukt Church...
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    Store Fornestinden, and Tromsdalstinden. The Lyngen Alps mountain range lies along the Tromsø-Lyngen municipal border. There are many islands within...
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    that was approved on 21 June 1929 when the large Lyngen Municipality was divided into three: Lyngen Municipality in the northwest, Kåfjord Municipality...
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  • remarkable new tardigrade genus and species from the nival zone of the Lyngen Alps, Norway (Tardigrada: Milnesiidae)" (PDF). Entomol. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Hamburg...
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  • Strupbreen (category Lyngen)
    glacier located in Lyngen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The 8.7-square-kilometre (3.4 sq mi) glacier is located in the Lyngen Alps, about 12 kilometres...
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    Jiehkkevárri (category Lyngen)
    Jiekkevarri, Jiekkevarre, or Jæggevarre) is a mountain on the border of Lyngen Municipality and Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is the...
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    bread can be purchased. Houses and boats can also be rented to enjoy the Lyngen Alps. In 2004, Havnnes was named the cultural landscape of the year in Troms...
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    kayaking during the summer, and mountaineering during the winter, with the Lyngen Alps his favourite peaks. He describes himself as a "practising agnostic,...
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    in six-week scientific research and mountaineering expedition to the Lyngen Alps in Arctic Norway, organised by The British Exploring Society, for whom...
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