Øksfjordjøkelen
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Øksfjordjøkelen is the ninth largest glacier
in mainland Norway
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The highest point, elevation 1204 metres (3,950.1 ft), on the glacier is also the highest point in Finnmark
county. Its lowest point has an elevation of 330 metres (1,082.7 ft). The village of Alteidet
in Kvænangen is located nearby, along the European route E6
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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...
in mainland 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...
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The highest point, elevation 1204 metres (3,950.1 ft), on the glacier is also the highest point in Finnmark
Finnmark
or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...
county. Its lowest point has an elevation of 330 metres (1,082.7 ft). The village of Alteidet
Alteidet
Alteidet is a small coastal village along the Lille Altafjord in the eastern part of the municipality of Kvænangen in Troms county, Norway. The village is located along European route E6, about west of the town of Alta and about north of the municipal centre of Burfjord...
in Kvænangen is located nearby, along the European route E6
European route E6
European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...
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