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Lyngen consists of the massive mountain chain of the Lyngen peninsula, dominated by the mighty snow dome of Jiekkevarre (1833 m) in the south, the sharp peaks of Jægervasstindan in the north, and the surrounding somewhat lower mountains. The Jiekkevarre massif proper has an unusual build with a 10 km long chain of ice domes edged by 1000 m high vertical rock walls, with valley glaciers fed by innumerable avalanches and ice falls below. The mountain has been called "The Mont Blanc of the North", as a matter of fact not a totally unreasonable comparison.
Lyngen contains both glaciers of alpine type and small ice caps; the largest are in the Lenang massif to the north and around Jiekkevarre.
# | Name | Type | Area (km2) | Length (km) | Lowest point (m) | Highest point (m) | Height difference (m) |
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1. | Sennedalsbreen | Cirque glacier | 1.72 | 2.2 | 620 | 1240 | 620 |
2. | Blåisen | Valley glacier | 1.73 | 2.2 | 735 | 1100 | 365 |
3. | Smalakbreen | Valley glacier | 2.03 | 2.8 | 620 | 1120 | 500 |
4. | Gjømmerdalsbreen | Valley glacier | 3.82 | 2.9 | 690 | 1135 | 445 |
5. | Gammvikblåisen | Valley glacier | 4.98 | 3.9 | 530 | 1160 | 630 |
6. | Vestre Vakkasblåisen | Valley glacier | 2.87 | 3.2 | 505 | 1100 | 595 |
7. | Austre Vakkasblåisen | Cirque glacier | 1.12 | 1.8 | 520 | 900 | 380 |
8. | Reindalsblåisen | Cirque glacier | 1.18 | 2.2 | 490 | 1200 | 710 |
9. | Veidalsbreen | Cirque glacier | 1.87 | 1.9 | 495 | 1130 | 635 |
10. | Støvelbreen | Ice cap | 1.78 | 2.4 | 800 | 1345 | 545 |
11. | Lenangsblåisen | Glacier complex | 5.41 | 4.6 | 200 | 1430 | 1210 |
11a. | of which Lenangsbreen | Cirque glacier | 2.06 | 2.0 | 650 | 1375 | 725 |
11b. | of which Stortinddalsbreen | Valley glacier | 3.35 | 3.7 | 200 | 1430 | 1210 |
12. | Strupblåisen | Glacier complex | 13.24 | 6.7 | 460 | 1500 | 1040 |
12a. | of which Strupbreen | Valley glacier | 9.32 | 7.3 | 480 | 1500 | 1020 |
12b. | of which Koppangsbreen | Valley glacier | 3.92 | 3.7 | 460 | 1205 | 745 |
13. | Isskardbreen | Valley glacier | 2.10 | 2.3 | 520 | 1140 | 620 |
14. | Rotenvikbreen | Valley glacier | 2.31 | 3.2 | 645 | 1440 | 795 |
15. | Rødbergdalsbreen | Cirque glacier | 1.20 | 1.7 | 650 | 1265 | 615 |
16. | Fornesblåisen | Glacier complex | 7.06 | 4.7 | 630 | 1680 | 1050 |
16a. | of which Fornesbreen | Valley glacier | 5.97 | 4.4 | 630 | 1680 | 1050 |
16b. | of which Vestre Fugldalsbreen | Ice cap | 1.09 | 2.2 | 1045 | 1680 | 635 |
17. | Jiekkevarrejekna | Glacier complex | 26.96 | 9.7 | 380 | 1835 | 1455 |
17a. | of which Nordre Fugldalsbreen | Valley glacier | 3.24 | 3.1 | 815 | 1710 | 895 |
17b. | of which Rypedalsbreen | Cirque glacier | 1.22 | 2.3 | 685 | 1685 | 1000 |
17c. | of which Bredalsbreen | Valley glacier | 0.72 | 1.8 | 685 | 1670 | 985 |
17d. | of which Vestbreen | Valley glacier | 4.63 | 4.6 | 535 | 1750 | 1215 |
17e. | of which Midtbreen | Valley glacier | 3.34 | 4.3 | 415 | 1835 | 1420 |
17f. | of which Sydbreen | Valley glacier | 6.07 | 5.1 | 410 | 1835 | 1425 |
17g. | of which Goverdalsbreen | Valley glacier | 1.97 | 3.1 | 670 | 1740 | 1070 |
17h. | of whichBlåisen | Valley glacier | 1.29 | 3.2 | 625 | 1740 | 1115 |
17i. | of which Søre Fugldalsbreen | Valley glacier | 2.64 | 3.5 | 380 | 1730 | 1350 |
17j. | of which Kveitabreen | Cirque glacier | 1.84 | 3.0 | 840 | 1835 | 995 |
18. | Lakselvbreen | Cirque glacier | 1.18 | 2.0 | 560 | 1400 | 840 |
19. | Steindalsbreen | Valley glacier | 4.78 | 5.0 | 450 | 1420 | 970 |
20. | Durmålsbreen | Valley glacier | 1.47 | 2.1 | 535 | 900 | 365 |
21. | Sårbmejiekki | Cirque glacier | 1.57 | 1.7 | 535 | 910 | 375 |
22. | Gåttejiekki | Cirque glacier | 1.42 | 1.2 | 680 | 1095 | 415 |
23. | Nomedalsbreen | Ice cap | 1.15 | 1.3 | 940 | 1160 | 220 |
24. | Nåmmerjiekki | Ice cap | 2.47 | 1.9 | 950 | 1195 | 245 |
25. | Luovtatjiekki | Ice cap | 1.13 | 0.9 | 990 | 1180 | 190 |
26. | Måskojiekki | Glacier complex | 4.81 | 3.2 | 795 | 1230 | 435 |
26a. | of which Råggejekna | Ice cap | 1.45 | 2.5 | 795 | 1230 | 435 |
26b. | of which Måskojekna | Ice cap | 1.76 | 1.2 | 925 | 1230 | 305 |
26c. | of which Lillelvbreen | Ice cap | 1.60 | 2.2 | 1010 | 1225 | 215 |
Total | 101.36 |
Sennedalsbreen (1.72 km2) is a fairly large cirque glacier west of Sennedalen.
Blåisen (1.73 km2), a mid-sized valley glacier, lies west of Sørfjorden in western Lyngen.
Smalakbreen (2.03 km2) is a valley glacier west of Sennedalen in the western Lyngen area.
Gjømmerdalsbreen (3.82 km2) is a wide and rather flat valley glacier north of the passage between Sørfjorden and Balsfjorden in western Lyngen.
Gammvikblåisen (4.98 km2), a fairly large valley glacier, lies northernmost in the Lyngen peninsula, in a fairly shallow depression to the west of Peppartinden.
Vestre Vakkasblåisen (2.87 km2), or Vakkasjiekki in Lappish, is a mid-sized rather lobate valley glacier in northern Lyngen peninsula.
Austre Vakkasblåisen (1.12 km2) is a cirque glacier at the north side of Vakkastindan.
Reindalsblåisen (1.18 km2), a fairly large cirque glacier, sends down a narrow tongue from Reindalstindan.
Veidalsbreen (1.87 km2) is a pretty large cirque glacier on the NW side of Støvelfjellet.
Støvelbreen (1.78 km2) is an ice cap in a shallow depression on the east flank of Støvelfjellet. Around year 1900 it sent two steep and heavily crevassed tongues down towards the fiord.
Lenangsblåisen (5.41 km2), a glacier complex in the savage Lenang massif, consists of Lenangsbreen and Stortinddalsbreen.
Lenangsbreen (2.06 km2), the northern part of Lenangsblåisen, is a complex, steep and heavily crevassed cirque glacier at the north side of the Lenang massif, with a 1.2 km wide and 200 m high icefall.
Stortinddalsbreen (3.35 km2), the southern part of Lenangsblåisen, is a valley glacier at the south side of the Lenang massif. It has two icefalls, the upper one 900 m wide and 300 m high, and the lower one 800 m wide and 400 m high. The lower icefall is so steep that it is disconnected, with a regenerated glacier below, which has grown some the last few years.
Strupblåisen (13.24 km2) at the east side of the Lenang massif is the largest continuos glacier area in northern Lyngen. It is divided into Strupbreen and Koppangsbreen.
Strupbreen (9.32 km2) is a long and mighty, rather gently sloping valley glacier to the east of Lenangstindan; the largest part of Strupblåisen. Its snout dams a little lake in Strupskardet, which has caused a few jökulhlaups. The earlier fairly large lake is now split up in three, of which only the lowest one is ice-dammed today.
During the Little Ice Age the glacier reached all the way to the sheer drop towards the fiord forming an icefall, where ice avalanches formed a regenerated glacier, which reached almost into the sea. Ice used for refrigeration of fish was mined here at the end of the 19th century. You get to Strupbreen easiest by getting a boat to Strupen from the end of the road at Koppangen, and then climbing up the mountain side in slightly more than an hour.
Koppangsbreen (3.92 km2) is the southern part of Strupblåisen, a valley glacier east of Tafeltinden. The glacier´s tongue has a prominent medial moraine. Slightly more than an hour´s hike up the valley from Koppangen gets you to the snout.
Isskardbreen (2.10 km2) is a valley glacier south of Isskardtinden to the north of Kjosen in the central Lyngen area.
Rotenvikbreen (2.31 km2), which in Lappish is called Kuotjavojiekki, is a fairly steep valley glacier just to the north of Lyngseidet.
Rødbergdalsbreen (1.20 km2) is a complex cirque glacier at the east side of Forholtfjellet.
Fornesblåisen (7.06 km2) is a glacier complex in the northern Jiekkevarre massif, and it consists of Fornesbreen and Vestre Fugldalsbreen.
Fornesbreen (5.97 km2), the largest part of Fornesblåisen, is a quite large valley glacier north of Fugldalsfjellet. Today its front stands at the top of the cliff overlooking Fornesbotnen.
Vestre Fugldalsbreen (1.09 km2), the southern part of Fornesblåisen, is an ice cap which lies in a shallow depression on the SW slope of Fugldalsfjellet.
Jiekkevarrejekna (26.96 km2) is a complex continuos system of high-lying ice caps and regenerated valley glaciers below, fed by avalanches and ice falling from mighty icefalls. It is divided in ten parts, of which Sydbreen is the largest.
Nordre Fugldalsbreen (3.24 km2) is a valley glacier in Jiekkevarrejekna south of Fugldalsfjellet. Its lower part has a small icefall.
Rypedalsbreen (1.22 km2), a cirque glacier in Jiekkevarrejekna north of Kveita, extends down into lake Rypedalsvatnet.
Bredalsbreen (0.72 km2) is a small valley glacier in Jiekkevarrejekna, which also extends down into Rypedalsvatnet.
Vestbreen (4.63 km2), or Nuortapäljiekki in Lappish, is a pretty large valley glacier in Jiekkevarrejekna east of Kveita. Its middle part is flat, while there are icefalls in both the upper and the lower parts, the lower one 700 m wide and 300 m high. During the Little Ice Age Vestbreen reached some 1.4 km farther out in the valley than now, to about 250 m asl. From Furuflaten it is some 2 hours walk on good path in Lyngsdalen up to the glacier snout.
Midtbreen (3.34 km2) in Jiekkevarrejekna consists of two parts: an ice cap high up, and a lower regenerated valley glacier totally below 1000 m asl, fed by giant ice avalanches. The glacier was previously continuos with Sydbreen in the snout, but they have now separated from each other.
Sydbreen (6.07 km2) is the largest discrete ice stream in Jiekkevarrejekna. This one consists of two parts as well, with a long valley glacier fed by massive ice avalanches from an upper ice cap, and its Lappish name is Palkesvatjiekki. Midtbreen used to be a part of this one, when they connected in the snout. The outermost terminal moraines, from the Little Ice Age, lies some 1.7 km farther down the valley, at roughly 260 m asl. From the road at Furuflaten it takes some 3 hours to hike up through Lyngsdalen to Sydbreen´s snout.
Goverdalsbreen (1.97 km2) is an elongate, steep and heavily crevassed valley glacier with a 600 m wide and 600 m high, partly discontinuos icefall in Jiekkevarrejekna. It starts high up on the snow dome of Jiekkevarre.
17h. BlåisenBlåisen (1.29 km2) is a small, western outlet from Jiekkevarrejekna with two icefalls. The upper one is 700 m wide and 400 m high, and the lower one is 300 m high with a regenerated glacier below. The normal route up to the summit of Jiekkevarre follows this glacier.
Søre Fugldalsbreen (2.64 km2) is a two-pieced glacier in Jiekkevarrejekna on the west side of Jiekkevarre. The lower regenerated valley glacier, fed by ice avalanches from the upper plateau part, lies almost entirely below 800 m asl.
Kveitabreen (1.84 km2) is a steep cirque glacier in Jiekkevarrejekna N of Jiekkevarre and W of Kveita.
Lakselvbreen (1.18 km2) is a steep and heavily crevassed cirque glacier at the north side of the very jagged Lakselvtindane.
Steindalsbreen (4.78 km2), a valley glacier of irregular form, lies between Nallangaisi and Imagaisi in southern Lyngen. From its flat upper part the ice is squeezed out through a narrow opening in a small icefall into a wide valley where the snout widens once more.
Durmålsbreen (1.47 km2) is a low-lying valley glacier east of Durmålstinden in the southern Lyngen area.
Sårbmejiekki (1.57 km2), an irregular cirque glacier, lies east of Sårbmekaise to the east of Lyngenfjorden.
Gåttejiekki (1.42 km2) is a cirque glacier at the east side of Gåttekaise in the eastern Lyngen area.
Nomedalsbreen (1.15 km2) is an ice cap north of Kåfjorden. Previously it was continuos with Nåmmerjiekki.
Nåmmerjiekki (2.47 km2) is an ice cap NE of Kåfjorden in eastern Lyngen. Nomedalsbreen previously was a part of it.
Luovtatjiekki (1.13 km2) is a small ice cap on Vaddaskaise in eastern Lyngen.
Måskojiekki (4.81 km2), a small ice cap, consists of three parts and lies east of Reisadalen in easternmost Lyngen.
Råggejekna (1.45 km2) is an outlet of Måskojiekki with a small tongue extending fairly far down into Røyeldalen.
Måskojekna (1.76 km2) is the rather wide part of Måskojiekki lying above Moskodalen.
Lillelvbreen (1.60 km2), a part of Måskojiekki, drains westwards into Lillelvdalen.
(Glacier complexes treated as one unit)
Name | Area (km2) | Type | District |
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1. Jiekkevarrejekna | 26.96 | Glacier complex | Lyngen |
2. Strupblåisen | 13.24 | Glacier complex | Lyngen |
3. Fornesblåisen | 7.06 | Glacier complex | Lyngen |
4. Lenangsblåisen | 5.41 | Glacier complex | Lyngen |
(Glacier complexes divided into ice streams)
Name | Area (km2) | Type | Glacier complex |
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1. Strupbreen | 9.32 | Valley glacier | Strupblåisen |
2. Sydbreen | 6.07 | Valley glacier | Jiekkevarrejekna |
3. Fornesbreen | 5.97 | Valley glacier | Fornesblåisen |
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![]() Top of document |
![]() The larger glaciers of Finnmark |
![]() The larger glaciers of Norway |
![]() The larger glaciers of the Narvik mountains |
![]() Site map |
![]() Email the author |
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Last updated: March 17, 2001 | Unless otherwise specified; text, tables, photographs, maps and other graphics © 1999-2001 Gunnar Ljungstrand | |||||||
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