Hardangerjøkulen
Sign in to saveHardangerjøkulen () is the sixth largest glacier in mainland Norway. It is located in Eidfjord Municipality and Ulvik Municipality in Vestland county. It is located about northeast of the village of Eidfjord, about south of the village of Finse, and about west of the village of Haugastøl.
Key facts
- Glacier.name
- Hardangerjøkulen
- Glacier.other_name
- Jukulen (historic)Hallingjøkulen (unofficial)Hardanger Glacier (English)
- Glacier.image
- HardangerjøkulenFromHårteigen.jpg
- Glacier.caption
- Hardangerjøkulen seen from Hårteigen (southwest)
- Glacier.mapframe
- yes
- Glacier.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Glacier.location
- Vestland, Norway
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- glacier
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Ulvik Municipality
- Continent
- Europe
- Area
- 64
- Elevation
- 1861
- Image
- HardangerjøkulenFromHårteigen.jpg
- Length
- 11.5
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- Hardangerjøkulen
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- Hardangerjøkulen
- mountain range
- Hardangervidda
- vertical depth
- 380
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Hardangerjøkulen () is the sixth largest glacier in mainland Norway. It is located in Eidfjord Municipality and Ulvik Municipality in Vestland county. It is located about northeast of the village of Eidfjord, about south of the village of Finse, and about west of the village of Haugastøl.
thumb|left|Hardangerjøkulen's highest point is at above sea level. Hardangerjøkulen's highest point is above sea level, and is the highest point in Hordaland county. Its lowest point is above sea level. The largest measured ice thickness on Hardangerjøkulen was , but it has been getting thinner during the 20th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hardangerjøkulen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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