Folgefonna National Park
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Folgefonna National Park | |
|---|---|
|
IUCN Category II (National Park)
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
| Location | Hordaland, Norway |
| Nearest city | Odda |
| Coordinates | 60°5′N 6°24′E / 60.083°N 6.4°ECoordinates: 60°5′N 6°24′E / 60.083°N 6.4°E |
| Area | 545.2 km2 (210.5 sq mi) |
| Established | 29 April 2005 |
| Governing body | Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management |
Folgefonna National Park has an area of 545.2 km². It spans the municipalities of Jondal, Kvinnherad, Etne, Odda and Ullensvang. The national park was opened by Queen Sonja on May 14th 2005. Folgefonna is a collective term for three glaciers in the park, of which the southern one is Norway's third largest glacier.
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Folgefonna |
[edit] The name
The first element is folge f 'thin layer of snow', the last element is the finite form of fonn f 'mass of snow, glacier made of snow'.
[edit] References
|
|||||||||||||
 |
This Hordaland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article related to a protected area in Europe is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
