Ålfotbreen
| Ålfotbreen | ||
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 The Ålfotbreen in the summer of 1966 |
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| location | Vestland ( Norway ) | |
| Mountains | Scandinavian mountains | |
| Type | Plateau glacier | |
| surface | 17 km² (Ålfotbreen, Hansebreen and Blåbreen) | |
| Altitude range | 1384 moh. - 899 moh. | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ N , 5 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Storelva - Hyefjord , Litleelva - Askorelva - Ålfoten - Nordfjord , Trongedalselva - Sunndalsvatnet - Solheimsvatnet - Norddalsfjord | |
| particularities | Westernmost glacier in Norway | |
The Ålfotbreen is a small plateau glacier in the Norwegian Fylke Vestland . It is considered Norway's most westerly glacier. Since January 2009 he is at the heart of the 226 square kilometer nature sanctuary Ålfotbreen that even the neighboring Gjegnalundsbreen and the west bank of the Hyefjordes includes.
Location and division
The glacier lies in the Nordfjord landscape and in roughly equal parts in the municipalities of Kinn , Gloppen and Bremanger . Its highest point is 1384 meters above sea level. It consists of several connected parts, the Hansebreen , the Ålfotbreen and the Blåbreen , as well as a number of smaller, nameless parts.
Ålfotbreen is strongly influenced by the maritime climate typical of its coastal location and is one of the wettest places in Norway with an average annual precipitation of 5600 mm. This high level of precipitation leads to a strong seasonal variation in the glacier volume. In the years 1989–1995 and 1999–2000 the glacier grew considerably due to snowy winters and cool summers, but since then, like most Norwegian glaciers, the development has been negative.
Web links
- Ålfotbreen Landskapsvernområde
- Ålfotbreen Landskapsvernområde new website of the landscape protection area
Individual evidence
- ↑ Breatlas NVE - Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat, accessed on May 6, 2020
- ↑ Forskrift om vern av Ålfotbreen landskapsvernområde, Bremanger, Flora og Gloppen kommunar, Sogn og Fjordane Lovdata.no, accessed on May 6, 2020 (Norwegian)
- ↑ Har hatt 200,000 millimeter nedbør NRK , accessed on May 6, 2020 (Norwegian)
- ↑ Bjarne Kjøllmoen (ed.): Glaciological investigations in Norway 2016 . The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) 2017, accessed May 6, 2020