Okstindbreen
Sign in to saveOkstindbreen is the eighth-largest glacier in mainland Norway. Okstindbreen is also the largest of the 19 glaciers in the Okstindan area, which together covered about 46 km² in 2010. The area of Okstindbreen itself decreased by 31% over 10 years, from 53.6 km² in 2012 to 36.9 km² in 2022.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Okstindbreen is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to Norway, geographic coordinate system and glacier.
The entry is geolocated on the map in glacier, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Glaciers of Nordland and Hemnes Municipality.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- glacier
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Hemnes Municipality
- Continent
- Europe
- Image
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Okstindbreen is the eighth-largest glacier in mainland Norway. Okstindbreen is also the largest of the 19 glaciers in the Okstindan area, which together covered about 46 km² in 2010. The area of Okstindbreen itself decreased by 31% over 10 years, from 53.6 km² in 2012 to 36.9 km² in 2022.
Okstindbreen comprises an ice field including Vestisen, Vestre Okstindbreen, Austre Okstindbreen, Bessedørbreen, Steikvassbreen, Vestre Svartfjellbreen, and Oksfjellbreen. The largest outlet glacier from Okstindbreen is Austre Okstindbreen, measured to be 14 km² in 1996. It drains towards the valley Oksfjelldalen, located northeast of Oksskolten, the highest mountain in Northern Norway.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Okstindbreen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations