Interactive museum in Fjærland for the whole family. Here you can learn about glaciers and climate in new and exciting ways. See the panorama film and climate exhibition. Short distance to the Sognefjord and Jostedalsbreen National Park with glacier hiking and many other activities.

Kjeragbolten (English: Kjerag Bolt) is a boulder on the mountain Kjerag in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The rock itself is a 5-cubic-metre (180 cu ft) glacial deposit wedged in a large crevice in the mountain.

The most easily accessible and most spectacular of the glacier arms on the Jostedalsbreen glacier is the Bøyabreen Glacier in Fjærland. In Fjærland, about 30 minutes' drive from Sogndal, you can experience Bøyabreen Glacier, which is an arm of the mighty Jostedalsbreen Glacier.

The 42-kilometer long fjord lies in the municipalities of Strand and Sandnes. It is particularly well known for the huge Preikestolen cliff overlooking the fjord, which is a major tourist destination for the region. The fjord was carved by the action of glaciers in the ice ages and was flooded by the sea when the later glaciers retreated.

Explore the amazing Norwegian Glacier Museum, Norway's leading center for glacier and climate knowledge, where you can experiment with 1,000-year-old ice from Supphellebreen. The Norwegian Glacier Museum is an award-winning hands-on museum, situated in Fjærland at the head of the Fjærlandsfjord.

Rogaland (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈrûːɡɑlɑn] ⓘ) is a county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 499,417 people.

Gaze up at the beautiful Whisky Falls and marvel at this 75-meter-tall waterfall beneath an old moonshine distillery, and so much more. Unearth the pre-historic origins of the fjord and discover how the last ice age shaped its majestic cliffs and deep waters.

Breifonn is known as the southernmost glacier in Norway, as well as being Rogaland county's one and only glacier (shared with Hordaland county). But compared to other Norwegian glaciers, you don't have to walk the ice in order to reach the high point.

Feb 15, 2016 · View and download data and plots for selected glaciers in Norway. The data source for mass balance and length change data is NVE's database. Area is derived from maps and satellite data for these glaciers. View photos of selected glaciers in Norway. The earliest photos are from 1869.

Feb 12, 2022 · Glaciers are shrinking in the entire country, however, the largest decrease is found in Nordland in Northern Norway, where 186 square kilometres of glacier has been lost. Glaciers in Norway cover 2328 square kilometers in total according to the new mapping.