Frostisen
Frostisen or Ruostajiekŋa is a glacier in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is one of the larger plateau glaciers in Norway. Frostisen covers an area of about 25 square kilometres, and its elevation ranges from 840 to 1,710 metres above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,290 metres
- Description: glacier in Nordland, Norway
- Also known as: “Ruostajiekņa”
Frostisen
- Category: landform
- Location: Narvik Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Frostisen” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Frostisen”
- Cebuano: “Frostisen”
- Chinese: “弗罗斯蒂森冰川”
- Chinese: “弗羅斯蒂森冰川”
- Finnish: “Frostisen”
- Japanese: “フロスティセン”
- Lule Sami: “Ruosstajiegńa”
- Lule Sami: “Ruostajiekńa”
- Northern Sami: “Ruosstajiegńa”
- Northern Sami: “Ruostajiekna”
- Northern Sami: “Ruostajiekńa”
- Northern Sami: “Ruostajiekŋa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Frostisen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruostajiekņa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Frostisen”
- Norwegian: “Frostisen”
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