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Key facts
- Type
- Mountain glacier
- Location
- Vestland , Norway
- Area
- 487 km (188 sq mi)
- Length
- 60 km (37 mi)
- Thickness
- 600 m (2,000 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jostedal Glacier or Jostedalsbreen (Norwegian) is the largest glacier in continental Europe. It is in Vestland county in Western Norway. Jostedalsbreen is located in the municipalities of Luster, Sogndal, Sunnfjord, and Stryn (all in Vestland county), plus the northeastern tip of the glacier extends into Skjåk Municipality (in Innlandet county). The highest peak in the area is Lodalskåpa at a height of 2,083 metres (6,834 ft).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jostedal Glacier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.