Vassnebba
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Vassnebba or Grånebba is a mountain on the border of the municipalities of Sunndal
Sunndal
is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Jordalsgrenda, Øksendalsøra, Grøa, Hoelsand, Ålvund, and Gjøra.With an area of it is the...

 and Surnadal
Surnadal
is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Skei. Other villages include Todalsøra, Surnadalsøra, Sylte, Glærem, Stangvik, and Åsskard....

 in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It lies on the western border of the Trollheimen
Trollheimen
Trollheimen is a mountain range in Møre og Romsdal and Sør-Trøndelag counties in central Norway. The mountain range is part of the Scandinavian Mountains.- Etymology :...

 mountain range, just southwest of the Todalsfjorden and the village of Todalsøra
Todalsøra
Todalsøra is a village in the municipality of Surnadal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Todalsfjorden. The mountain Vassnebba lies just to the west and the mountains Indre Sula and Ytre Sula lie just to the north. The village is located about south of...

 and southeast of the village of Ålvund
Ålvund
Ålvund is a village in the municipality of Sunndal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located at the beginning of the Ålvundfjord, about northwest of Ålvundeidet and the Innerdalen valley....

. The mountain is easily accessed from both sides, summer and winter.

Name

The mountain has two different names. People from Todalsøra, in the valley to the east of the mountain, call it Vassnebba, while people on the western side, Ålvundeid
Ålvundeid
Ålvundeid is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Sunndal. It included the Innerdalen valley and the Ålvund valley area.-History:...

, use the name Grånebba.
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