Bondhusbreen
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The glacier Bondhusbreen in is an offshoot of the Folgefonna
glacier, with a length of around four kilometres, and a height difference of 1,100 metres. It lies in Kvinnherad
municipality of Hordaland
county in Norway. Water draining under the glacier is catched through a tunnel and exploited in the Mauranger Hydroelectric Power Station
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Folgefonna
Folgefonna is a collective term for three plateau glaciers in Hardanger, Norway,* Nordre Folgefonna * Midtre Folgefonna...
glacier, with a length of around four kilometres, and a height difference of 1,100 metres. It lies in Kvinnherad
Kvinnherad
Kvinnherad is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The parish of Kvindherred was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Fjelberg, most of Varaldsøy and parts of Skånevik merged with Kvinnherad on 1 January 1965.The municipality is the 5th in size in Hordaland...
municipality of Hordaland
Hordaland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...
county in Norway. Water draining under the glacier is catched through a tunnel and exploited in the Mauranger Hydroelectric Power Station
Mauranger Hydroelectric Power Station
The Mauranger Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norway. It operates at an installed capacity of , with an average annual production of about ....
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