Fif­teen uni­que tab­le mountains

With its uni­que lay­er sequence of dif­fe­rent rocks stac­ked on top of each other, the pla­teau mountains tell the sto­ry of the earth during 150 mil­li­on years. As an old book with its pages pre­ser­ved, we can “read” the sto­ri­es from a bygo­ne era. But what we main­ly see today is the incre­dib­ly vari­ed natu­re that geo­lo­gy has given us.

Lay­ers of history

There is a spe­ci­al geo­lo­gy here that pro­vi­des the con­di­tions for many diver­se natu­re types as well as an exci­ting cul­tural histo­ry. The­re are fif­teen tab­le mountains in the pro­vin­ce of Väs­ter­göt­land, and they are all structu­red in the same way with a seri­es of rock lay­ers. However, each mountain has its own cha­rac­te­ristic appea­ran­ce, and the geo­lo­gy and natu­re vary from mountain to mountain. Four­teen of the mountains are loca­ted wit­hin the geo­park: Hal­le­berg, Hun­ne­berg, Kin­ne­kul­le, Lug­nås­ber­get, Bil­ling­en, Mös­se­berg, Ålle­berg, Brunnhems­ber­get, Tova­ber­get, Myg­ge­ber­get, Bor­gun­da­ber­get, Plan­ta­ber­get, Gerums­ber­get, and Varvs­ber­get. Gis­se­ber­get is also a tab­le mountain but is loca­ted out­si­de the geo­park boundaries.

1. Hal­le­berg

– Home of the gods

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2. Hun­ne­berg

– The mountain of the elks

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3. Kin­ne­kul­le

– The blosso­ming mountain

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4. Lug­nås­ber­get

– Tra­ces of mill­sto­ne mining

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5. Bil­ling­en

– Our lar­gest mountain in terms of sur­fa­ce area

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6. Mös­se­berg

– A view of the landscape

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7. Ålle­berg

– Our hig­hest tab­le mountain

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8. Brunnhems­ber­get

– 295 metres abo­ve sea level between Fal­kö­ping and Skövde

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9. Tova­ber­get

– Natu­re reser­ve on the wes­tern slopes

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10. Myg­ge­ber­get

– A small tab­le mountain

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11. Bor­gun­da­ber­get

– Cove­red by woodland

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12. Plan­ta­ber­get

– 305 metres abo­ve sea level between Fal­kö­ping and Tidaholm

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13. Varvs­ber­get

– The mountain with many names

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14. Gerums­ber­get

– Archae­o­lo­gi­cal finds on the mountain top

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15. Gis­se­ber­get

– A tab­le mountain out­si­de the geo­park area

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