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Jostedalsbreen is Norway´s and continental Europe´s largest glacier; a complex system of ice domes sending down mighty ice streams into the valleys on all sides, often in tremendous icefalls. According to measurements the ice in some places is more than 600 m thick. In the northern part the glacier has more alpine character, with many peaks and ridges jutting up through the ice. There lies also the highest peak on Jostedalsbreen, Lodalskåpa (2083 m), "the Westland Queen".
Jostedalsbreen has a rather maritime climate, with large amounts of snow in winter. The latest decades there has fallen so much that many outlets, in particular short and steep ones, have advanced significantly.
With Northern Jostedalsbreen I here mean the part of Jostedalsbreen that drains towards Loen, Stryn and Skjåk. Other smaller glaciers in this area are included here as well.
# | Name | Type | Area (km2) | Length (km) | Lowest point (m) | Highest point (m) | Height difference (m) |
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Jostedalsbreen | Glacier complex | 533.48 | 60.4 | 60 | 1980 | 1920 | |
1. | Jostedalsbreen (Northern part) | Glacier complex | 100.74 | 35.2 | 175 | 1970 | 1795 |
1a. | of which Gjerdeakslabreen | Cirque glacier | 1.54 | 2.1 | 1170 | 1845 | 675 |
1b. | of which Ruteflotbreen | Ice cap | 8.18 | 3.2 | 800 | 1835 | 1035 |
1c. | of which Kjenndalsbreen | Ice cap | 20.27 | 7.9 | 175 | 1955 | 1780 |
1d. | of which Krunebreen | Ice cap | 10.22 | 5.7 | 1075 | 1910 | 835 |
1e. | of which Bødalsbreen | Ice cap | 8.29 | 5.7 | 655 | 1910 | 1255 |
1f. | of which Bohrsbreen | Ice cap | 3.49 | 1.9 | 1240 | 1830 | 590 |
1g. | of which Kåpebreen | Cirque glacier | 0.19 | 0.6 | 1620 | 1970 | 350 |
1h. | of which Mankebreen | Ice cap | 0.79 | 0.9 | 1490 | 1820 | 330 |
1i. | of which Teibreen | Cirque glacier | 1.88 | 1.9 | 1175 | 1750 | 575 |
1j. | of which Teinosbreen | Cirque glacier | 1.38 | 1.4 | 1090 | 1930 | 840 |
1k. | of which Skålefjellbreen | Ice cap | 1.76 | 1.2 | 1585 | 1930 | 345 |
1l. | of which Erdalsbreen | Ice cap | 10.57 | 6.7 | 860 | 1910 | 1050 |
1m. | of which Vesledalsbreen | Ice cap | 4.07 | 3.2 | 1130 | 1725 | 595 |
1n. | of which Vestre Sygneskardbreen | Ice cap | 8.74 | 4.4 | 1260 | 1810 | 550 |
1o. | of which Vestre Sikilbreen | Ice cap | 4.82 | 3.6 | 1170 | 1710 | 540 |
1p. | of which Austre Sikilbreen | Ice cap | 6.15 | 3.1 | 1115 | 1760 | 645 |
1q. | of which Leirvassbreen | Ice cap | 2.14 | 2.2 | 1320 | 1710 | 390 |
1r. | of which Tverrbytnbreen | Valley glacier | 6.26 | 2.6 | 1305 | 1810 | 505 |
2. | Tindefjellbreen | Glacier complex | 24.15 | 11.5 | 945 | 1890 | 945 |
2a. | of which Skålebreen | Valley glacier | 5.25 | 3.7 | 1125 | 1850 | 725 |
2b. | of which Tundraskardsbreen | Valley glacier | 3.97 | 4.0 | 945 | 1890 | 945 |
2c. | of which Havaldebreen | Cirque glacier | 0.87 | 1.1 | 1200 | 1700 | 500 |
2d. | of which Tindebreen | Cirque glacier | 1.26 | 2.0 | 1080 | 1680 | 600 |
2e. | of which Skålabreen | Cirque glacier | 2.20 | 2.4 | 1070 | 1810 | 740 |
2f. | of which Hellsetebreen | Ice cap | 2.13 | 2.1 | 1290 | 1810 | 520 |
2g. | of which Vestre Høgrenningsbreen | Ice cap | 0.69 | 1.2 | 1465 | 1720 | 255 |
2h. | of which Austre Høgrenningsbreen | Ice cap | 2.18 | 1.7 | 1240 | 1795 | 555 |
2i. | of which Tungefjellbreen | Ice cap | 2.63 | 1.9 | 1315 | 1890 | 575 |
2j. | of which Vestre Raudibreen | Ice cap | 1.77 | 1.4 | 1410 | 1890 | 480 |
2k. | of which Austre Raudibreen | Ice cap | 1.20 | 1.5 | 1390 | 1810 | 420 |
3. | Breidfonna | Glacier complex | 1.65 | 2.5 | 820 | 1770 | 950 |
3a. | of which Veslehymbreen | Cirque glacier | 1.17 | 2.0 | 820 | 1770 | 950 |
3b. | of which Nesjebreen | Cirque glacier | 0.48 | 0.9 | 1170 | 1610 | 440 |
4. | Rjupedalsbreen | Glacier complex | 1.88 | 3.9 | 1070 | 1755 | 685 |
4a. | of which Storskredbreen | Cirque glacier | 0.86 | 1.2 | 1130 | 1755 | 625 |
4b. | of which Geitafjellbreen | Cirque glacier | 1.02 | 1.0 | 1070 | 1485 | 415 |
5. | Sætrefjellbreen | Glacier complex | 6.73 | 5.6 | 1185 | 1890 | 705 |
5a. | of which Sygneskarsbreen | Cirque glacier | 0.68 | 1.6 | 1185 | 1890 | 705 |
5b. | of which Sandskarfonna | Cirque glacier | 2.14 | 2.0 | 1275 | 1890 | 615 |
5c. | of which Skipedalsfonna | Cirque glacier | 1.14 | 1.2 | 1300 | 1730 | 430 |
5d. | of which Vestre Sætrefjellbreen | Ice cap | 0.86 | 1.3 | 1580 | 1730 | 150 |
5e. | of which Midtre Sætrefjellbreen | Ice cap | 1.21 | 1.5 | 1530 | 1800 | 270 |
5f. | of which Austre Sætrefjellbreen | Ice cap | 0.70 | 1.0 | 1640 | 1890 | 250 |
6. | Tystigbreen | Glacier complex | 25.83 | 8.8 | 1225 | 1890 | 665 |
6a. | of which Tverrelvbreen | Ice cap | 11.44 | 5.0 | 1235 | 1830 | 605 |
6b. | of which Videdalsbreen | Cirque glacier | 1.86 | 2.4 | 1280 | 1830 | 550 |
6c. | of which Vestre Kvitlenovbreen | Ice cap | 3.65 | 2.4 | 1320 | 1800 | 430 |
6d. | of which Austre Kvitlenovbreen | Ice cap | 2.83 | 2.9 | 1225 | 1890 | 665 |
6e. | of which Nordre Mårådalsbreen | Valley glacier | 3.01 | 3.1 | 1270 | 1850 | 580 |
6f. | of which Søre Mårådalsbreen | Valley glacier | 2.94 | 3.2 | 1290 | 1760 | 470 |
7. | Raudeggbreen | Glacier complex | 7.02 | 4.1 | 1350 | 1895 | 545 |
7a. | of which Vassvendbreen | Ice cap | 5.85 | 3.7 | 1350 | 1850 | 500 |
7b. | of which Raudbreen | Ice cap | 1.17 | 1.7 | 1445 | 1895 | 450 |
8. | Sandåbreen | Cirque glacier | 5.77 | 3.4 | 1530 | 1905 | 375 |
9. | Vestre Skridulaupbreen | Ice cap | 2.05 | 2.7 | 1475 | 1930 | 455 |
10. | Austre Skridulaupbreen | Ice cap | 2.36 | 2.9 | 1550 | 1920 | 370 |
11. | Sekkebreen | Glacier complex | 24.99 | 8.6 | 1345 | 1930 | 585 |
11a. | of which Storegrovbreen | Ice cap | 8.48 | 4.1 | 1400 | 1930 | 530 |
11b. | of which Vasstverrabreen | Ice cap | 2.96 | 2.7 | 1580 | 1915 | 335 |
11c. | of which Hamrabreen | Ice cap | 2.65 | 2.3 | 1400 | 1930 | 530 |
11d. | of which Sikilbreen | Ice cap | 2.47 | 2.5 | 1420 | 1925 | 505 |
11e. | of which Holåbreen | Ice cap | 6.92 | 5.1 | 1345 | 1870 | 525 |
11f. | of which Søvertjønnbreen | Ice cap | 1.51 | 1.9 | 1410 | 1770 | 360 |
12. | Kupløyftbreen | Ice cap | 1.00 | 1.3 | 1420 | 1725 | 305 |
13. | Kupbreen | Ice cap | 2.08 | 1.9 | 1310 | 1745 | 435 |
14. | Tverreggbreen | Ice cap | 4.14 | 1.7 | 1350 | 1765 | 415 |
Total | 210.39 |
Jostedalsbreen (Northern part) (100.74 km2) is the part of Jostedalsbreen which drains northward, towards Loen, Stryn and Skjåk. The area is mostly of ice cap type, and there are a rather substantial number of smaller ice caps in the surroundings. During the peak of the Little Ice Age in the middle of the 18th century the outlets advanced a lot, destroying both farmland and meadows. The highest point on this part of Jostedalsbreen is Lodalskåpa (2083 m).
This part of Jostedalsbreen contains the perhaps most savage of all its outlet glaciers, the spectacular Kjenndalsbreen. The outlets in the western part of the area are generally very steep and have large and high icefalls. In the eastern part the topography is much more subdued. Other significant outlets are Krunebreen, Bødalsbreen, Erdalsbreen, and Tverrelvbreen in Tystigbreen.
Gjerdeakslabreen (1.54 km2) is a steep cirque glacier in northwestern Jostedalsbreen, to the west of Ruteflotdalen. During the Little Ice Age it was a part of Ruteflotbreen.
Ruteflotbreen (8.18 km2), also called Kvanndalsbreen, is a fairly large outlet from northwestern Jostedalsbreen. It consists of a wide accumlation zone between Kjelkevarden (1717 m) and Nordfjordvarden (1841 m), which almost encircles the innermost Ruteflotdalen. There is a regenerated glacier down in the valley, below a discontinuos 2.6 km wide and 400 m high icefall. During the latest years Ruteflotbreen has begun readvancing, but during the Little Ice Age the ice front stood another 1.6 km farther down the valley.
Kjenndalsbreen (20.27 km2) is the largest outlet glacier in northern Jostedalsbreen, and in my opinion without question the most spectacular in entire Norway. A 6 km wide accumulation area flows northwards from Høgste Breakulen (1957 m), where the ice is more than 450 m thick. Then it pours over the edge towards Kjenndalen, an incredibly deep and narrow valley bordered by 1700 m high dizzily steep precipices, in a colossal icefall.
When the ice flows across the drop towards Kjenndalen the highest and most savage icefall in all of Scandinavia is formed; a staggering 1400 m high. In the upper part it is 3.4 km wide, but it narrows to 300 m down on the glacier tongue. About halway down it becomes partly discontinuos; a relatively narrow continuos part leads down to the tongue, while innumerable ice avalanches from the too steep parts on both sides build up massive avalanche cones. Stereo image of Kjenndalsbreen from N.
As a result of the increase in snow quantities during the end of the 20th century the number of ice avalanches has multiplied as well. This has led to a very large increase in the thickness of the upper glacier tongue - some 100 m between 1989 and 1999 - and has also precipitated a powerful advance. Today the ice front stands some 900 m ahead of its minumum position during the 1960:s. Now Kjenndalsbreen seems to have stabilized though; it has even retreated slightly the very latest years. Kjenndalsbreen has unusually much surface material for being an outlet of Jostedalsbreen; probably it is mostly material torn loose in the icefall.
During the Little Ice Age Kjenndalsbreen of course was much larger than now, but not even then should the icefall have been continuos in its whole width. The ice front stood some 2.0 km farther down the valley than today, and the glacier tongue then got contributions by ice avalanches from Krunebreen, which then because of this was a part of Kjenndalsbreen. Since the ice then was much thicker the icefall was not quite as steep then, but still impressive.
On August 15, 1881 the Englishman William Cecil Slingsby and the Norwegian mountain guide Johannes Vigdal arrived at the head of Kjenndalsbreen´s icefall. They had started from Tverradalsstølen early, before dawn, walked up along the entire long Tunsbergdalsbreen, on the way visiting Høgste Breakulen, which Slingsby called "the most summitless mountain" he ever had been on. Now evening was drawing near and they decided to try getting down. It must be viewed as one for the time truly outstanding achievement that they managed to come down safe and sound, after five hours of struggle and constant mortal danger. Said Slingsby later laconically: "The most awful glacierwork I have ever done". When they late in the evening arrived at Nesdal, at first no one would believe that they really had gone down there - it was viewed as something totally impossible. It is also noteworthy that no one has ever repeated this feat since.
Today you easily reach Kjenndalsbreen after a 15 minute walk on a good path from the parking area where the road ends. The glacier tongue today stretches out of the gorge and is long enough that avalanches from the icefall no longer present any risk, but there is always a risk of ice blocks tumbling down from an ice tongue as steep and crevassed as Kjenndalsbreen.
Krunebreen (10.22 km2) is a fairly large outlet from northern Jostedalsbreen. It hangs high above the precipices towards Kjenndalen, with a 900 m wide and 300 m high icefall. During the Little Ice Age large amounts of ice avalanched down on Kjenndalsbreen, which then stretched much farther down the valley, and of which Krunebreen then was a part. In its upper parts Krunebreen is up to 500 m thick. Today there doesn´t seem to fall down any large amounts of ice here, but if the glacier tongue were to advance just a little you could not disregard that risk. Then people on their way towards Kjenndalsbreen would be in danger.
So far Krunebreen does not seem to have advanced particulary much; it could be due to its westerly direction, but there is another possibility as well. According to radar measurements there is a mountain ridge across the small valley of Krunebreen, 2 km in from the snout. East of that ridge there is a much deeper valley that drains towards SE. It might be that the division of ice streams performed according to the surface topography not always is correct. In that case the part of the snow plateau actually feeding Krunebreen would be much smaller, and the rest of the ice would in reality flow towards Nigardsbreen.
Bødalsbreen (8.29 km2) is a pretty large outlet glacier of Jostedalsbreen. The glacier has an accumulation area, where the ice in several places is more than 400 m thick. The ice flows westward, and then turns to the north down a 1.1 km wide and 600 m high icefall, down towards upper Bødalen. During the Little Ice Age Bødalsbreen stretched 1.2 km farther down the valley.
Since then Bødalsbreen has slowly retreated, but it left an unusually fine series of terminal moraines made by smaller advances during the 19th and 20th centuries. Then the little lake Sætrevatnet was uncovered as well. Since the beginning of the 1990:s Bødalsbreen too has began to advance again; so far by some 300 m. Half an hour´s walk from the road´s end at Bødalssæter leads you to the glacier snout.
Bohrsbreen (3.49 km2) is a small outlet from northern Jostedalsbreen, just to the west of Lodalskåpa (2083 m). A glacier tongue leads down towards upper Bødalen, and another is continuos with a cirque glacier below the north wall of Lodalskåpa. Earlier it has stretched out into the high-lying lake Kåpevatnet (1211 m), but it is uncertain if the lake was totally ice-filled during the Little Ice Age.
Kåpebreen (0.19 km2) is a small cirque glacier in Jostedalsbreen, just below the summit of Lodalskåpa, high above Kåpevatnet.
Mankebreen (0.79 km2) is an ice cap at the northwest edge of Jostedalsbreen. It lies on a mountain ledge above Kåpevatnet.
Teibreen (1.88 km2), a pretty large cirque glacier in northern Jostedalsbreen, lies to the north of Tverrfjellet (1888 m). A 500 m wide and 400 m high icefall leads down towards Erdalsbreen, which it earlier was continuos with.
Teinosbreen (1.38 km2) is an elongate and steep cirque glacier in Jostedalsbreen at the north side of Tomefjellet. In particular the western part is sheer and heavily crevassed. During the Little Ice Age Teinosbreen was a tributary to the large Erdalsbreen.
Skålefjellbreen (1.76 km2), an ice cap at the northwest edge of Jostedalsbreen, lies on a mountain ledge north of Kåpevatnet.
Erdalsbreen (10.57 km2) is a large outlet of northern Jostedalsbreen. It starts high up at Raudskarvfjellet, where the ice is more than 400 m thick, and slides down towards Erdalen between Tverrfjellet (1888 m) and Stornosa (1804 m). Erdalsbreen has fairly even slope and lacks a real icefall, even if there are some crevasse zones of course.
During the Little Ice Age Erdalsbreen reached much longer down Erdalen; the ice front then standing almost down at Vesledalssæter, 3.2 km farther down than today. Then both Teibreen and Teinosbreen were tributaries to Erdalsbreen. Since then Erdalsbreen has retreated a lot, and the retreat continues today, if at a slower pace. Presently a small lake is beginning to be uncovered beneath the tongue of Erdalsbreen. Only time will tell whether Erdalsbreen will stop retreating and start to readvance, like many other glaciers have.
During earlier centuries Erdalsbreen was used as a travel route between Nordfjord and Jostedalen. Whole wedding parties could take the way over here when they were going to church on the other side. It was not people only who traveled across the glacier either; whole herds of cattle and horses were driven up Erdalsbreen, across the pass and down onto Lodalsbreen on the other side, eventually arriving at Fåbergstølen in uppermost Jostedalen.
Vesledalsbreen (4.07 km2) is a small outlet of northern Jostedalsbreen, to the north of Fremstekåpa (1771 m). Mass balance measurements were performed on Vesledalsbreen by NVE during a few years around 1970.
Vestre Sygneskardbreen (8.74 km2) is a relatively large ice cap in northern Jostedalsbreen, which sends down a steep tongue towards uppermost Sunndalen.
Vestre Sikilbreen (4.82 km2) is an outlet of northernmost Jostedalsbreen in uppermost Merradalen. It has a rather broad tongue, and has earlier been continuos with Austre Sikilbreen.
Austre Sikilbreen (6.15 km2), an outlet of northernmost Jostedalsbreen, sends down a tongue in upper Merradalen in a small icefall. This glacier was previously continuos with Vestre Sikilbreen.
Leirvassbreen (2.14 km2) is a small ice cap in northernmost Jostedalsbreen, at the west side of Tverrbotnen.
Tverrbytnbreen (6.26 km2) is a valley glacier in northernmost Jostedalsbreen, innermost in Tverrbotnen. This part of Jostedalsbreen earlier was continuos with Sekkebreen.
Tindefjellbreen (24.15 km2) is a pretty large glacier complex up in the mountain massif between Lovatnet and Erdalen. During the Little Ice Age it was continuos with the very large Jostedalsbreen.
Skålebreen (5.25 km2) is a relatively large valley glacier in eastern Tindefjellbreen, in a rather wide depression south of Tomefjellet (1851 m). The glacier tongue of Skålebreen glides out across the mountain side towards Bødalen, but during the Little Ice Age it reached almost to the valley floor; some 800 m farther out than now.
Tundraskardsbreen (3.97 km2) is a valley glacier in central Tindefjellbreen, west of Middagshyrna. A fairly wide accumulation zone is concentrated into a narrow ice tongue towards the north. There are two icefalls, both 200 m high. The glacier tongue ends just above a small lake in a nameless valley hanging above the precipice towards Erdalen.
Havaldebreen (0.87 km2) is a steep and wide cirque glacier in Tindefjellbreen at the east side of Tindefjella. Earlier this glacier was a part of Tundraskardsbreen.
Tindebreen (1.26 km2), a cirque glacier in northern Tindefjellbreen, lies on the north side of Tindefjell.
Skålabreen (2.20 km2) is an ice cap in western Tindefjellbreen. It glides northward from the east flank of Stryneskåla (1848 m).
Hellsetebreen (2.13 km2) is an ice cap in western Tindefjellbreen, north of Hellsetebotnen.
Vestre Høgrenningsbreen (0.69 km2), a small ice cap in western Tindefjellbreen, lies to the north of Høgrenningsbotnen.
Austre Høgrenningsbreen (2.18 km2) is an ice cap in central Tindefjellbreen, at the east side of Høgrenningsbotnen. The southern tongue is fairly steep.
Tungefjellbreen (2.63 km2) is an ice cap in southern Tindefjellbreen, to the east of Austredalen.
Vestre Raudibreen (1.77 km2), an ice cap in southern Tindefjellbreen, hangs high up in the mountain side above Bødalen.
Austre Raudibreen (1.20 km2) is a small ice cap in southern Tindefjellbreen, at the north side of Bødalen.
Breidfonna (1.65 km2) is a small glacier complex on the north flank of Storskredsfjellet (1814 m).
Veslehymbreen (1.17 km2) is a cirque glacier in Breidfonna, on the east side of Storskredsfjellet. The glacier tongue of Veslehymbreen extends unusually far down.
Nesjebreen (0.48 km2) is a small cirque glacier in Breidfonna.
Rjupedalsbreen (1.88 km2) is a small glacier complex on the west side of Storskredfjellet.
Storskredbreen (0.86 km2) is a steep and complex cirque glacier in Rjupedalsbreen.
Geitafjellbreen (1.02 km2) is a wide cirque glacier in Rjupedalsbreen, to the north of Geitafjellhyrna.
Sætrefjellbreen (6.73 km2) is a glacier complex on Sætrefjellet between Erdalen and Sunndalen.
Sygneskarsbreen (0.68 km2) is a steep cirque glacier in eastern Sætrefjellbreen, west of Sygneskarsvatna.
Sandskarfonna (2.14 km2) is a large cirque glacier in northern Sætrefjellbreen, at the north side of Sætrefjellet (1892 m).
Skipedalsfonna (1.14 km2) is a cirque glacier in western Sætrefjellbreen.
Vestre Sætrefjellbreen (0.86 km2) is an ice cap in western Sætrefjellbreen.
Midtre Sætrefjellbreen (1.21 km2), an ice cap in Sætrefjellbreen, lies to the south of Sætrefjellet.
Austre Sætrefjellbreen (0.70 km2) is a small ice cap in eastern Sætrefjellbreen.
Tystigbreen (25.83 km2) is a large glacier complex between northernmost Jostedalsbreen and Old Strynefjellsvegen. Tystigbreen was probably not continuos with Jostedalsbreen during the Little Ice Age. This glacier has a considerably more continental climate than those farther to the west, and has not displayed any signs of advancing again yet.
Tverrelvbreen (11.44 km2) is the largest outlet of Tystigbreen. It starts op to the south of Kvitlenova (1898 m), where there is a deep and 1.5 km long wind channel with an ice lake at its western end. There are smaller wind channels in two other places farther down the glacier tongue as well. The ice stream flows down towards southwest and receives a contribution from the north just before the snout.
Videdalsbreen (1.86 km2) is a cirque glacier in western Tystigbreen, north of Nuken (1832 m).
Vestre Kvitlenovbreen (3.65 km2) is an ice cap in northern Tystigbreen. The eastern part is used for skiing at Stryn Sommerskisenter. In the southeastern part there is an ice lake, at the west side of Kvitlenova (1898 m).
Austre Kvitlenovbreen (2.83 km2) is an ice cap in eastern Tystigbreen, which glides down towards Langvatnet.
Nordre Mårådalsbreen (3.01 km2) is a valley glacier in Tystigbreen east of Kvitlenova. It sends down an even glacier tongue into Mårådalen.
Søre Mårådalsbreen (2.94 km2), a valley glacier in eastern Tystigbreen, calves in a small lake.
Raudeggbreen (7.02 km2) is an ice cap on Raudeggje, east of Tystigbreen and to the south of Old Strynefjellsvegen.
Vassvendbreen (5.85 km2) is a rather large ice cap in Raudeggbreen, at the north side of Raudeggje (1938 m).
Raudbreen (1.17 km2) is a small ice cap in Raudeggbreen, on Raudeggje´s east side.
Sandåbreen (5.77 km2) is a very large cirque glacier on the south side of Skridulaupen (1962 m). It fills up a wide cirque high above Rauddalsvatnet.
Vestre Skridulaupbreen (2.05 km2) is an ice cap on the north side of Skridulaupen.
Austre Skridulaupbreen (2.36 km2), an ice cap, lies on the northeast flank of Skridulaupen (1962 m).
Sekkebreen (24.99 km2) is a large ice cap east of northernmost Jostedalsbreen, which glacier it not long ago was a part of. It has a very much more continental climate than those farther to the west, something which is clearly seen in how high the snowline is. Sekkebreen is even and with a few exceptions not particularly steep.
Storegrovbreen (8.48 km2) is the largest outlet glacier in Sekkebreen. It starts up at the ice dome (1930 m) and slowly glides down towards SE. The glacier tongue is slightly steeper than the rest.
Vasstverrabreen (2.96 km2) is an ice cap in western Sekkebreen, east of Vasstverratjørnin.
Hamrabreen (2.65 km2) is a rather steep ice cap in western Sekkebreen, above Hamran. It was this part that earlier was continuos with Jostedalsbreen.
Sikilbreen (2.47 km2) is an ice cap in the northern part of Sekkebreen.
Holåbreen (6.92 km2) is a large outlet of Sekkebreen, which glides down towards NE in a small valley above Rauddalsvatnet.
Søvertjønnbreen (1.51 km2) is a small ice cap at the eastern edge of Sekkebreen, above Indre Søvertjønnin.
Kupløyftbreen (1.00 km2) is a small ice cap on Kupen (1728 m), east of Kupvatnet.
Kupbreen (2.08 km2), an ice cap east of Austdalsnosi, glides down northward towards Mysubyttdalen.
Tverreggbreen (4.14 km2) is an ice cap on the east side of Tverreggje (1768 m), south of Mysubyttdalen.
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