Fresvikbreen is a glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 on the south side of the Sognefjord

Sognefjord

The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches inland to the small village of Skjolden...

 in the municipality of Vik

Vik

Vik is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of Vik is the village of Vikøyri.-General information:...

 in Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane

is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

, county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It lies between the Seljedal valley in the west, and the Storedal valley in the east. It is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southwest of the village of Fresvik

Fresvik

Fresvik is a village and parish in the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the Sognefjord, about south of Leikanger-Hermansverk and about east of the municipal center of Vikøyri...

 and 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of the municipal center of Vikøyri

Vikøyri

Vikøyri is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located at the mouth of the Vikja river on the south shore of the Sognefjord, about south of the village of Balestrand and about west of Fresvik. Vikøyri is northwest of the Fresvikbreen...

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The glacier has an area of 15 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi) and its highest point is 1648 metres (5,406.8 ft) above sea level. Fresvikbreen is the 23rd largest glacier on the Norwegian mainland and travels at 13 metres (42.7 ft) per day.