Bondhusbreen

The Bondhusbreen is a glacier in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The glacier is an offshoot of the vast Folgefonna glacier, and it lies inside the Folgefonna National Park. The glacier has a length of around 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and a height difference of about 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) from its highest to its lowest points.

Lake Bondhus, glacier Bondhusbreen in the background as a part of the Folgefonna Glacier
Bondhusbreen
Map showing the location of Bondhusbreen
Map showing the location of Bondhusbreen
Location of the glacier
Map showing the location of Bondhusbreen
Map showing the location of Bondhusbreen
Bondhusbreen (Norway)
LocationVestland, Norway
Coordinates60°03′24″N 06°18′50″E
Length4 km (2.5 mi)

The glacier is located at the end of a small valley (named Bondhusdalen), just south of the village of Sundal on the shore of the Maurangsfjorden. Water draining under the glacier is caught through a tunnel and exploited in the Mauranger Hydroelectric Power Station.[1]

See also

References

  1. Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Bondhusbreen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 August 2011.


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