Location.
Briksdalsbreen is a western outlet glacier
from the Jostedalsbreen ice cap.
The glacier ranges in altitude from 350 to
1910 m a.s.l. and covers an area of 10,4 km2,
with only 12 % of the glacier area below
1500 m a.s.l.
The glacier has until recently calved into
the lake Briksdalsvatn.This lake is now
entirely covered by the glacier.
Frontposition.
Front position measurements were
started in 1900 (Rekstad, 1904). Until 1934
there were only minor changes in front
position.
Between 1934 and 1951 the terminus retreated
more than 800 metres and uncovered lake
Briksdalsvatn.
After 1951 the glacier had small advances
and since 1967 the glacier has advanced 465
metres and has covered the former lake
entirely
The glacier area has increased by
approximately 0.15 km2 or 1.5 %.
Between 1988 and 1996 the glacier advanced
390 metres but then the front position has
been stable. Coinciding with the stagnation
of the front, there has been a slight
lowering of the glacier surface.
