Svartisen Glacier
With it's 369 square kilometres, Svartisen is Norways second largest glacier. It is located in the county of Nordland in Northern Norway, south of the costal city Bodø.
With it's 369 square kilometres, Svartisen is Norways second largest glacier. It is located in the county of Nordland in Northern Norway, south of the costal city Bodø.
With it's 369 square kilometres, Svartisen is Norways second largest glacier. It is located in the county of Nordland in Northern Norway, south of the costal city Bodø.
"Svartisen" is actually the collective term for two separate glaciers, Vestisen and the Østisen. These two glaciers are separated by the 1 km. long Vesterdalen valley and collectively make up the Svartisen Glacier.
Svartisen is located in the Saltfjell mountain range, one of the largest mountain ranges in Norway. The Arctic Circle cuts through the southern part of the glacier and there are also a number of minor glaciers around Svartisen, including Glombreen and Simlebreen.
Runoff water from the glacier is used for hydropower production and Svartisen Power Plant is one of Norway's largest power plants. The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has monitored the glaciers mass balance since the 1970s and also operates a sub-glacial laboratory beneath Engabreen. Here researchers can study the glacier from beneath 200 meters of ice.