Mossevatnet with the Mosevassbreen glacier in the background. Møsevassbreen ( km2), or Møsevassbrea in the local form, is a large outlet glacier
Mossevatnet with the Mosevassbreen glacier in the background. Møsevassbreen ( km2), or Møsevassbrea in the local form, is a large outlet glacier in southwestern Sør-Folgefonna. It is a fairly wide ice stream flowing down over a number of "steps", causing crevasse zones and a few small icefalls. The glacier tongue ends in the hydroelectric lake Insta Mosevatnet with a small ice cliff. Møsevassbreen probably had its Holocene maximum very late; during the 20th century. Largely because of intense calving in the lake, caused by the higher water level, it has retreated much during later years, with some 700 m since 1959. This has also lowered the level of the lower part of the glacier, making it both steeper and more crevassed. Several new nunataks have emerged too.
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Photo credit: © Henri Martin / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: calving, change, climate, folgefonna, glacier, global, ice, landscape, mosevassbreen, mosevatnet, mossevassbrea, mountains, national, panorama, panoramic, park, warming, øsevassbreen
