Tindefjellbreen

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Tindefjellbreen
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Tindefjellbreen (Norway)
Location Vestland, Norway
Coordinates 61°52′10″N07°03′14″E / 61.86944°N 7.05389°E / 61.86944; 7.05389
Area20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)

Tindefjellbreen is a glacier in the municipality of Stryn in Vestland county, Norway. The 20-square-kilometre (7.7 sq mi) glacier lies about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the mountain Skåla, roughly halfway between the villages of Bødalen and Erdalen. The glacier is in the mountains east of the lake Lovatnet and south of the lake Oppstrynsvatn. The glacier is part of Jostedalsbreen National Park, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the village of Loen. [1]

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References

  1. Store norske leksikon. "Tindefjellbreen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-07-24.