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Jotunheimen

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Jotunheimen (yō`tnhāmən), mountain group, S central Norway; highest of Scandinavia. It culminates in Galdhøpiggen (8,098 ft/2,468 m high) and Glittertinden (8,104 ft/2,470 m). The Jostedalsbreen, a huge glacier, is to the west. Sparsely inhabited, the region is used for summer pasture. In Norse mythology, it was the home of the giants, the Jotun.
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For instance, someone staying in a mountain cottage in Jotunheimen National Park would dine on cured reindeer heart, sour cream porridge and small potatoes grown only in those mountain valleys.
The rise of food democracy by Halweil, Brian / UN Chronicle
Some such fast-forming patterns grace terrain once covered by glaciers near Jotunheimen, Norway.
Patterns from nowhere: natural forces bring order to untouched ground by Perkins, Sid / Science News
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