Jostedalsbreen National Park

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Jostedalsbreen National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Location:	Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Area:	1310 km²
Established:	1991
Governing body:	Directorate for Nature Management

Jostedalsbreen National Park is a national park in Norway that encompasses the largest glacier on the European mainland, Jostedalsbreen. Jostedalsbreen covers 487 km², and lies in the municipalities of Luster, Balestrand, Jølster and Stryn (in the county of Sogn og Fjordane). The highest peak in the area is Lodalskåpa at 2083 meter. The glacier's highest point lies 2000 meters above sea level while its lowest point is 350 meters above sea level.

The Jostedalsbreen National Park was established in 1991, covering 1310 km².

The glacier has shrunk in later years, but there are ruins of farms that were overtaken by the glacier in 1750. There is interesting vegetation along the edge of the glacier.

The Briksdal Glacier is a part of the Jostedal Glacier National Park. The glacier descends from a height of 1200m to the narrow Briksdal Valley.

The Briksdal Glacier attracts 300,000 visitors from all over the world each year.

[edit] External links

• Directorate for Nature Management site

National Parks of Norway (List)

Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella – Børgefjell – Dovre – Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella – Femundsmarka – Folgefonna – Forollhogna – Gutulia – Hardangervidda – Jostedalsbreen – Jotunheimen – Junkerdal – Lierne – Møysalen – Ormtjernkampen – Rago – Reisa – Rondane – Saltfjellet-Svartisen – Skarvan og Roltdalen – Stabbursdalen – Øvre Anarjóhka – Øvre Dividal – Øvre Pasvik – Ånderdalen

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Svalbard: Forlandet – Nordenskiöld Land – Nordre Isfjorden – Nordvest-Spitsbergen Land – Sassen-Bünsow Land – Sør-Spitsbergen

 

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