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.
- Glacier with an elevation of around 1,720 metres (5,660 feet)
- …is also known as “Ruostajiekņa”
- Description: glacier in Nordland, Norway
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Latitude
68.23431° or 68° 14′ 4″ north
Longitude
17.18479° or 17° 11′ 5″ east
Open location code
9FWV65MM+PW
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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”
- German: “Frostisen”
- Japanese: “フロスティセン”
- Lule Sami: “Ruosstajiegńa”
- Lule Sami: “Ruostajiekńa”
- Northern Sami: “Ruosstajiegńa”
- Northern Sami: “Ruostajiekńa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Frostisen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruostajiekņa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Frostisen”
- Norwegian: “Frostisen”
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