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Hardangervidda
GLACIERS AND GEOLOGY
Hardangerjokulen is the sixth
largest glacier on mainland Norway. In 1983 it covered 73 km2. The highest
point on the glacier is approximately 1,850 metres above sea level. |
On the Hardangervidda plateau you can trace geological history right back
2,000 million years to prehistoric times. 600 millon years ago
Hardangervidda was a rolling plain just
above sea level until a geological upthrust 400 million years ago covered it
wlth a layer 3,000 metres thlck. The mountain chain thus created suffered
erosion even up to recent
times and was gradually worn away, leaving only the mountalns Hallingskarvet
and Harteigen. In the Quaternary Period (the last 2-3 millon years) Norway
has been covered
with ice several times and it is this ice which has given Hardangervidda the
geological formation we see today |
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