Bondhusbreen Explained

Bondhusbreen
Map:Vestland#Norway
Location:Vestland, Norway
Coordinates:60.0567°N 6.3139°W
Length:4km (02miles)

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 and a height difference of about from its highest to its lowest points.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Bondhusbreen . Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo. Norwegian. 27 August 2011.