or is a
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such a ...
in
Narvik Municipality in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...
. It is one of the larger plateau glaciers in Norway. Frostisen covers an area of about . The elevation of the glacier ranges from above sea level. The glacier lies near the
Skjomen fjord, a branch of the
Ofotfjorden, just southwest of the
town of Narvik. The village of
Elvegård lies about east of the glacier. The lakes
Geitvatnet,
Isvatnet,
Kjelvatnet,
Nordre Bukkevatnet and
Søre Bukkevatnet all lie just to the southwest of the glacier.
See also
*
List of glaciers in Norway
References
Ballangen
Narvik
Glaciers of Nordland
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