Besselvassheia
View of Besselvassheia (2011)
Highest point
Elevation76 m (249 ft)
Coordinates63°42′53″N 8°44′23″E / 63.7148°N 08.7396°E / 63.7148; 08.7396[1]
Geography
Map of the location
Map of the location
Besselvassheia
Location of the mountain
Map of the location
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Besselvassheia
Besselvassheia (Norway)
LocationTrøndelag, Norway
Climbing
Easiest routevia Stuttvassdalen

Besselvassheia is a mountain in the municipality of Frøya in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 76-metre (249 ft) tall mountain is the highest point on the island of Frøya. It lies about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the village of Sistranda and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest of the village of Hammarvika.

Name

The mountain was unnamed until the autumn of 2009 when it was given the name Besselvassheia, after the nearby lake Besselvatnet.[2]

The well-known Norwegian Soccer trainer Drillo, also known for his interest in geography, told a local resident, Frank Angelvik, that the highest point of Frøya was unnamed.[3] Together with Halgeir Hammer, a local guide, the naming contest was announced in September 2009. Some of the names that were runners-up were: Frøyberget, Frøytuva, Halgeirtoppen, Halgeirguten, and Besselberget.

References

  1. ↑ "Besselvassheia, Frøya (Trøndelag)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  2. ↑ "Strålende varsel før topptur" [Summit's brilliant herald]. Hitra-Frøya.no. 2009-11-07. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-01-23. Søndag arrangerer lokalavisa turmarsj til Besselvassheia. Frøyas høyeste topp, som nylig ble navngitt av Hitra-Frøyas lesere, er 76 meter hø... On Sunday, the local newspaper organized a hike to Freyja's highest peak (recently named Besselvassheia by the Hitra-Frøya readers), which is 76 feet tall...
  3. ↑ "Drillo - og vi - nysgjerrig på hva toppen skal hete" [Drillo (and the rest of us) are wondering what the top will be called]. Hitra-Frøya.no. 2009-09-18. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-01-23. I Oslo sitter det en kjent geografi-nerd og vet det samme som oss - at Frøyas høyeste topp ikke har noe navn. In Oslo, there is a known geography nerd who knows the same thing that we do, that Freyja's highest peak has no name.
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