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Okstindbreen

Okstindbreen

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Okstindbreen is the eighth largest glacier
Glacier
A glacier is a perennial mass of ice which moves over land. A glacier forms in locations where the mass accumulation of snow and ice exceeds ablation over many years...

 in mainland Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...

, and lies in the mountain range Okstindan
Okstindan
Okstindan is a mountain range which lies in inner Helgeland, Hemnes municipality, Nordland. In the range are, among others, Oksskolten, which is the highest mountain in Nord-Norge. Other mountains in the range are Okstinden, Okshornet, Vesttinden and Bessedørtinden...

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Okstindbreen is the eighth largest glacier
Glacier
A glacier is a perennial mass of ice which moves over land. A glacier forms in locations where the mass accumulation of snow and ice exceeds ablation over many years...

 in mainland Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...

, and lies in the mountain range Okstindan
Okstindan
Okstindan is a mountain range which lies in inner Helgeland, Hemnes municipality, Nordland. In the range are, among others, Oksskolten, which is the highest mountain in Nord-Norge. Other mountains in the range are Okstinden, Okshornet, Vesttinden and Bessedørtinden...

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Its highest point is above sea level and its lowest point is above sea level.

At the eastern edge of the glacier lies the mountain Oksskolten
Oksskolten
Oksskolten is a mountain in Hemnes, Nordland, Norway. It is the highest point in Nordland, the highest in Nord-Norge, and has Norway's eight largest primary factor. It lies in the mountain range Okstindmassivet between Korgen and Røssvatnet.In order to get to the summit, parts of the glacier...

, the highest point in Nordland
Nordland
is a county in Norway, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic...

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