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Søndre Folgefonna

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Søndre Folgefonna
Southern Folgefonna
Map showing the location of Søndre Folgefonna
Map showing the location of Søndre Folgefonna
Location in Hordaland
LocationHordaland, Norway
Area168 km2 (65 sq mi)

Søndre Folgefonna (Template:Lang-en) is the third largest glacier in mainland Norway, and is the largest of the three glaciers constituting Folgefonna. The glacier is located at the base of the Folgefonna peninsula in Hordaland county in the border of the municipalities of Odda, Etne, and Kvinnherad. The highest point on the glacier is 1,660 m (5,446 ft) above sea level and its lowest point is 490 m (1,608 ft) above sea level.[1] The glacier is located inside Folgefonna National Park.

See also

References

  1. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Folgefonna" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-06-12.