Jostedalsbreen

Jostedalsbreen is the largest glacier on the European mainland. It is mainly located in the county of in partly in Oppland county.
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  • Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,625 metres
  • Description: largest glacier in continental Europe
  • Also known as: Jostedal Glacier”, “Kvandalsbræ”, and “Nesdalsbreen

Jostedalsbreen

Latitude
61.7106° or 61° 42′ 38″ north
Longitude
6.9242° or 6° 55′ 27″ east
Elevation
1,625 metres (5,331 feet)
Open location code
9FH8PW6F+6M
Geo­Names ID
3144729
Wiki­data ID
Q654352
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Jostedalsbreen” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Յսթեդալսբրին
  • Belarusian: Юстэдальбрэен
  • Catalan: Jostedalsbreen
  • Cebuano: Jostedalsbreen
  • Chinese: 傑斯特達冰河
  • Chinese: 約斯特達爾布林
  • Chinese: 约斯特谷冰原
  • Chinese: 约斯特达尔布林
  • Croatian: Ledenjak Jostedalsbreen
  • Czech: Jostedalsbre
  • Czech: Jostedalsbreen
  • Danish: Jostedalsbræen
  • Dutch: Jostedalsbre
  • Dutch: Jostedalsbreen
  • Esperanto: Jostedalsbreen
  • Estonian: Jostedalsbreen
  • Finnish: Jostedalsbreen
  • French: Jostedalsbreen
  • German: Jostedalsbre
  • German: Jostedalsbreen
  • Hebrew: יוסטדאלסבריין
  • Hebrew: יוסטדאלסברין
  • Hungarian: Jostedalsbreen
  • Icelandic: Jostedalsjökull
  • Italian: Jostedalsbreen
  • Japanese: ヨステダール氷河
  • Lithuanian: Jostedalio ledynas
  • Luxembourgish: Jostedalsbreen
  • Macedonian: Јостедалсбрен
  • Northern Sami: Jostedalsbreen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jostedalsbreen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jostedalsbreen
  • Norwegian: Jostedalsbreen
  • Polish: Jostedalsbreen
  • Portuguese: Jostedalsbreen
  • Russian: Йостедалсбреен
  • Russian: Юстедалсбреен
  • Russian: Юстедалсбреэн
  • Russian: Юстедальсбре
  • Russian: Юстедальсбреен
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ledenjak Jostedalsbreen
  • Slovak: Jostedalsbreen
  • Slovenian: Jostedalsbreen
  • Spanish: glaciar Jostedal
  • Spanish: Glaciar Jostedal
  • Swedish: Jostedalsbreen
  • Turkish: Jostedalsbreen
  • Ukrainian: Йостедал
  • Ukrainian: Йостедаль
  • Ukrainian: Юстедаль

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Jostedalsbreen”. Photo: Sindre, CC BY 2.0.