# Okstindbreen

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{{Short description|Glacier in Hemnes, Norway}}
{{Infobox glacier
|name             = Okstindbreen
|other_name       = 
|image            = Okstindbreen Tongue.jpg
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|caption          = View of the westside glacier tongue
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|mapframe-zoom    = 9
|mapframe-caption = Interactive map of the glacier
|location         = [Hemnes Municipality](/source/Hemnes_Municipality), [Nordland](/source/Nordland), [Norway](/source/Norway)
|coordinates      = {{coord|65.9874|14.1481|region:NO_type:glacier|display=inline,title}}
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|area             = {{convert|36.9|km2|abbr=on}} (2022)
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|elevation_max    = {{convert|1740|m}}
|elevation_min    = {{convert|750|m}}
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'''Okstindbreen''' is the eighth-largest [glacier](/source/glacier) in mainland [Norway](/source/Norway).<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Nesje |first=Atle |date= |title=Future state of Norwegian glaciers: Estimating glacier mass balance and equilibrium line responses to projected 21st century climate change |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09596836231183069 |journal=The Holocene |language=en |volume=33 |issue=10 |pages=1257–1271 |doi=10.1177/09596836231183069 |issn=0959-6836|hdl=11250/3095156 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Okstindbreen is also the largest of the 19 glaciers in the [Okstindan](/source/Okstindan) area, which together covered about 46 km² in 2010.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Bakke |first=Jostein |last2=Dahl |first2=Svein Olaf |last3=Paasche |first3=Øyvind |last4=Riis Simonsen |first4=Joachim |last5=Kvisvik |first5=Bjørn |last6=Bakke |first6=Kristina |last7=Nesje |first7=Atle |date= |title=A complete record of Holocene glacier variability at Austre Okstindbreen, northern Norway: an integrated approach |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379110000442 |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |language=en |volume=29 |issue=9-10 |pages=1246–1262 |doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.012|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The area of Okstindbreen itself decreased by 31% over 10 years, from 53.6 km² in 2012 to 36.9 km² in 2022.<ref name=":1" />

Okstindbreen comprises an ice field including Vestisen, Vestre Okstindbreen, Austre Okstindbreen, Bessedørbreen, Steikvassbreen, Vestre Svartfjellbreen, and Oksfjellbreen.<ref name=":0" /> The largest outlet glacier from Okstindbreen is Austre Okstindbreen, measured to be 14 km² in 1996.<ref name=":0" /> It drains towards the valley Oksfjelldalen, located northeast of [Oksskolten](/source/Oksskolten), the highest mountain in Northern Norway.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
*[List of glaciers in Norway](/source/List_of_glaciers_in_Norway)

==References==
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Category:Glaciers of Nordland
Category:Hemnes Municipality

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