or
is a
glacier
A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...
in
Narvik Municipality
() is the third-largest List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Narvik (town), town of Narvik. Some of the notable villag ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. It is one of the larger plateau glaciers in Norway. Frostisen covers an area of about , and its elevation ranges from above sea level. The glacier lies near the
Skjomen
Skjomen () is a small fjord that branches off from the main Ofotfjorden in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Ofoten district in Northern Norway, just south of the Narvik (town), town of Narvik. The European rou ...
fjord, a branch of the
Ofotfjorden
The Ofotfjord (; ) is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. It is an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, located about north of the Arctic Circle. The long Ofotfjord is Norway, Norway's 12th longest fjord and it is also the 18th deepest, with a maximum d ...
, just southwest of the
town of Narvik. The village of
Elvegård lies about east of the glacier. The lakes
Geitvatnet
Geitvatnet is a lake in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The lake lies just west of the lake Søndre Bukkevatnet and the lake Langvatnet lies to the south.
See also
*List of lakes in Norway
This is a list of lakes and reser ...
,
Isvatnet,
Kjelvatnet,
Nordre Bukkevatnet and
Søre Bukkevatnet lie southwest of the glacier.
See also
*
References
Ballangen
Narvik
Glaciers of Nordland
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