Nordre Folgefonna (English: Northern Folgefonna) is one of the largest glaciers in mainland Norway.[1] It is the northernmost of the three glaciers that make up Folgefonna. The glacier is located on the Folgefonna peninsula in the Hardanger and Sunnhordland regions of Vestland county. The 26-square-kilometre (10 sq mi) glacier lies in the municipalities of Kvinnherad and Ullensvang. Its highest point is 1,640 m (5,381 ft) above sea level, and its lowest point is 990 m (3,248 ft) above sea level. The glacier lies almost entirely inside Folgefonna National Park.
^"Største breer i Norge" (PDF) (in Norwegian). nve.no. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-05.
NordreFolgefonna (English: Northern Folgefonna) is one of the largest glaciers in mainland Norway. It is the northernmost of the three glaciers that...
The three glaciers are: Nordre (northern) Folgefonna, with an area of 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi) Midtre (central) Folgefonna, with an area of 11 square...
14 May 2005. Folgefonna is a collective term for three glaciers in the park (NordreFolgefonna, Midtre Folgefonna, and Søndre Folgefonna). At 168 square...
and Kvinnherad municipalities between the NordreFolgefonna and Søndre Folgefonna glaciers on the Folgefonna peninsula. In 1969, the glacier was listed...
(1.39 sq mi) lake lies just outside Folgefonna National Park and immediately to the west of the NordreFolgefonna glacier. The only road access comes...
Hardangervidda National Park is in the county. It also includes the Jostedal, Folgefonna, and Hardangerjøkulen glaciers. The county also includes many well-known...
waterfalls, such as Vøringsfossen and Stykkjedalsfossen. It also includes the Folgefonna and Hardangerjøkulen glaciers. More than 60% of the inhabitants live in...
part of the region, while Hardanger Icecap (Hardangerjøkulen) and the Folgefonna Glacier are smaller ice fields in the south. Norway's longest fjord, Sogn...
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