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The Ålfotbreen glacier is located in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The glacier is located on the border of three municipalities in the Nordfjord region: Bremanger, Flora, and Gloppen. It is located west of the village of Hyen, south of the village of Ålfoten, and east of the village of Svelgen.
The glacier reaches an elevation of at its highest point. The area surrounding the glacier, closer to the Nordfjorden, is one of the wettest places in Norway, getting an average of of rainfall each year. The heavy precipitation keeps the glacier very healthy with an average thickness of .
On 9 January 2009, the area surrounding the glacier, the glacier itself, and the nearby Gjegnalundsbreen glacier, were preserved as a landscape protection area by the Norwegian government.
Mass balance measurements have been performed at the glacier since 1963 by the Norwegian water resource and energy directorate (NVE) https://www.nve.no/hydrology/glaciers/monitoring/alfotbreen