Nigardsbreen represents an outlet glacier from the large plateau glacier of Jostedalsbreen. Nigardsbrevatnet in the foreground has formed in front of the retreating glacier tongue between the 1930s and the late 1950s.

Keywords

glacial lake, glacial landform, glacial processes, glacier, mountainscape, sea or lake ice

Created

Thursday 1 August 2002 by Martin Mergili in Europe / Norway (1990 visits)