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Leirbreen - 2638 Save

Leirbreen (Leirbrean) is an outlet glacier of Smørstabbreen in the Jotunheimen mountain massif. Length change measurements started in 1909.

1909 - 2025
Year Front variation (m) Cumulative front variation (m)
1909 0 Start
1910 0 0
1911 -4 -4
1912 -8 -12
1936 -70 -82
1937 -18 -100
1938 -13 -113
1939 -9 -122
1941 -32 -154
1942 -16 -170
1944 -12 -182
1945 -15 -197
1946 -56 -253
1947 -32 -285
1948 -18 -303
1949 -5 -308
1950 -23 -331
1951 -6 -337
1952 -14 -351
1953 -10 -361
1954 -10 -371
1956 -27 -398
1957 -10 -408
1959 -25 -433
1960 -1 -434
1961 -7 -441
1962 -2 -443
1963 -6 -449
1966 -20 -469
1971 -32 -501
1975 -19 -520
1976 0 -520
1977 -6 -526
1979 0 -526
1980 -13 -539
1981 -12 -551
1984 -15 -566
1985 -7 -573
1987 -11 -584
1990 -11 -595
1993 -17 -612
1995 -14 -626
1996 -5 -631
1997 0 -631
1998 -10 -641
1999 -3 -644
2000 -6 -650
2001 -7 -657
2003 -28 -685
2004 -5 -690
2005 1 -689
2006 -16 -705
2007 6 -699
2008 33 -666
2010 -50 -716
2011 -9 -725
2012 -15 -740
2013 -11 -751
2014 -21 -772
2015 -34 -806
2016 -13 -819
2017 -20 -839
2018 -46 -885
2019 -28 -913
2020 -15 -928
2021 -23 -951
2022 -31 -982
2023 -33 -1015
2024 -27 -1042
2025 -12 -1054