Nigardsbreen
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Nigardsbreen () is a glacier arm of the large Jostedalsbreen glacier. Nigardsbreen lies about north of the village of Gaupne in the Jostedalen valley in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located just west of the Jostedøla river.
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- Glacier.name
- Nigardsbreen
- Glacier.image
- Nigardsbreen July 2019.jpg
- Glacier.location
- Vestland, Norway
- Glacier.mapframe zoom
- 10
- Glacier.type
- Valley glacier
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- Instance of
- glacier
- Part of
- Jostedal Glacier
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Luster Municipality
- Continent
- Europe
- Area
- 48
- Image
- Nigardsbreen lodowiec.jpg
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- Scandinavian Mountains
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Nigardsbreen () is a glacier arm of the large Jostedalsbreen glacier. Nigardsbreen lies about north of the village of Gaupne in the Jostedalen valley in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located just west of the Jostedøla river.
The Breheimsenteret museum is located south in the village of Jostedal. In front of the Nigardsbreen glacier is the lake Nigardsbrevatnet where there is a small boat to transport visitors to the glacier. There is also a bus to take visitors to the glacier.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nigardsbreen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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