Surtningssue is the seventh highest mountain in Norway. It lies in Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen is a mountainous area of roughly 3,500 km² in Southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all in Jotunheimen, including the very highest - Galdhøpiggen...

, on the border between the municipalities Lom

Lom, Norway

Lom is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fossbergom....

 and Vågå

Vågå

Vågå is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågåmo....

. Surtningssue has several distinct peaks, of which Store Surtningssue is the highest.

Surtningssue is most easily reached from the cabin Memurubu

Memurubu

Memurubu is a tourist hut in Norway, at the end or start of the famous Besseggen hiking trail. Memurubu is originally an old mountain pasture dating back to 1872, but has had tourists just as long. Cows are still grazing around the tourist hut, which lies at the mouth of the river Muru in the...

, along the northern shore of Gjendin.

The name

The first element is the genitive of a word *surtning 'the black one', the last element is the finite form of su f 'sow

Pig

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...

' - thus 'the black sow'. (It is common in Norway to compare the shape of mountains with animals.)