These are the largest glaciers on mainland Norway.[1] However, the 18 largest glaciers in the Kingdom of Norway are on Svalbard, including the second largest glacier in Europe, Austfonna on Nordaustlandet. In total, Norway has around 1,600 glaciers - 900 of these are in North Norway, but 60% of the total glacier area is south of Trøndelag. 1% of mainland Norway is covered by glaciers.[2]
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- ↑ The largest glaciers in Norway (page 51, Accessed on July 29, 2014)
- ↑ NVE : Breer i Norge Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
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