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Glaciers of Nordland

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Svartisen
Svartisen is a collective term for two glaciers located in Nordland county in northern Norway. It is part of Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park, located in the Saltfjell mountain range. The glaciers are located in the municipalities of Beiarn, Meløy, Rana, and Rødøy. Svartisen consists of two separate glaciers that are separated by the long Vesterdalen valley. The two glaciers are:
Sulitjelmaisen
glacier in Norway and Sweden
Blåmannsisen
or () is the fifth-largest glacier in mainland Norway. It is located on the border of Fauske Municipality and Sørfold Municipality in Nordland county, Norway—just west of the border with Sweden.
Okstindbreen
Okstindbreen is the eighth-largest glacier in mainland Norway. Okstindbreen is also the largest of the 19 glaciers in the Okstindan area, which together covered about 46 km² in 2010. The area of Okstindbreen itself decreased by 31% over 10 years, from 53.6 km² in 2012 to 36.9 km² in 2022.
Frostisen
or is a glacier in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is one of the larger plateau glaciers in Norway. Frostisen covers an area of about , and its elevation ranges from above sea level. The glacier lies near the Skjomen fjord, a branch of the Ofotfjorden, just southwest of the town of Narvik. The village of Elvegård lies about east of the glacier. The lakes Geitvatnet, Isvatnet, Kjelvatnet, Nordre Bukkevatnet and Søre Bukkevatnet lie southwest of the glacier.
Gihtsejiegņa
Gihtsejiegŋa is one of the largest glaciers in mainland Norway. It is located in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, about southeast of the village of Kjøpsvik, on the border with Sweden. The name of the glacier comes from the Lule Sami language. The elevation of the glacier ranges from above sea level. The highest point of the glacier sits right below the summit of the tall Bjørntoppen.