Svartisen

Location	Saltdal, Rana, Rødøy, Meløy, Gildeskål, Beiarn and Bodø, Nordland, Norway
Coordinates	66°38′N 14°00′E
Area	369 km2 (142 sq mi)

Svartisen is a collective term for two glaciers located in northern Norway. The system consists of two separate glaciers,

• Vestre (western) Svartisen (221 km²), which is the second largest glacier on the Norwegian mainland (there are larger glaciers on Svalbard) after Jostedalsbreen
• Østre (eastern) Svartisen (148 km²), which is the country's fourth largest.

There are also a number of minor glaciers in the area, such as Glombreen in the northern part of Meløy, and Simlebreen in Beiarn. One of the extensions of Svartisen, Engabreen ends at the lowest point of any glacier on the European mainland, at 20 meters above sea level (in 2007). Svartisen is part of Saltfjellet-Svartisen national park.

Hydropower is collected mainly from Storglomvatnet (lake), which gets melting water from the glacier

Water from the glacier is collected and used for hydropower production.

Engabreen seen from the air

See also

• List of glaciers in Norway

External links

• Direktoratet for naturforvaltning