[1] It is the northernmost of the three glaciers that make up Folgefonna.

The glacier is located on the Folgefonna peninsula in the Hardanger and Sunnhordland regions of Vestland county.

The 26-square-kilometre (10 sq mi) glacier lies in the municipalities of Kvinnherad and Ullensvang.

Its highest point is 1,640 m (5,381 ft) above sea level, and its lowest point is 990 m (3,248 ft) above sea level.

The glacier lies almost entirely inside Folgefonna National Park.