Ålfotbreen

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title: "Ålfotbreen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["glaciers-of-vestland", "gloppen", "bremanger-municipality", "kinn-municipality"] description: "Glacier in Vestland county, Norway" topic_path: "general/glaciers-of-vestland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ålfotbreen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Glacier in Vestland county, Norway ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox glacier"]

Field	Value
name	Ålfotbreen
photo	Ålfotbreen Iskontorets brebilder 01429.jpg
photo_caption	View of the glacier
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	9
mapframe-caption	Interactive map of the glacier
location	Vestland, Norway
coordinates
type	Mountain glacier
area	17 km2
length	6.5 km
thickness	8 to
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Ålfotbreen is a glacier located in Vestland county, Norway. The 17 km2 glacier is located in the Nordfjord region and it straddles the borders of Bremanger Municipality, Kinn Municipality, and Gloppen Municipality. It is located west of the village of Hyen, south of the village of Ålfoten, and east of the village of Svelgen.

The glacier reaches an elevation of 1385 m at its highest point. The area surrounding the glacier, closer to the Nordfjorden, is one of the wettest places in Norway, getting an average of 5600 mm of rainfall each year. The heavy precipitation keeps the glacier very healthy with an average thickness of 8 to.

On 9 January 2009, the 226 km2 area surrounding the glacier, the glacier itself, and the nearby Gjegnalundsbreen glacier, were preserved as a landscape protection area by the Norwegian government.

Mass balance measurements have been performed at the glacier since 1963 by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE).

References

References

1. "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
2. {{Cite SNL. Ålfotbreen. Ålfotbreen. 2025-10-12. Askheim. Svein. 2024-11-25
3. "Og regnet strømmet ned på jorden".
4. (9 January 2009). "Norges vestligste isbreer er nå vernet". regjeringen.no.
5. "Ålfotbreen". NVE.

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