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25 years each time advancing about 1 km. Most of the
advance this time, 1,165 m, was covered in about 6
weeks, averaging more than 25 m per day. The snout
now occupies a similar position as it did in the early
1940s. The surge period of this outlet glacier is quite
irregular as there were no surges in the period 1934–
1974 and then substantial surges in 1975, 1980 and
1999.
Surge continues in Kaldalónsjökull and Leiru-
fjarðarjökull outlet glaciers from Drangajökull ice cap
in the northwest peninsula for the fifth consecutive
year.
Results of mass balance measurements that are
carried out by the National Energy Authority (Oddur
Sigurðsson, 1989, 1991 and 1993 and Oddur Sigurðs-
son and Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson 1998) and the Science
Institute of the University of Iceland (Helgi Björnsson
et al., 1993, 1995a, 1995b, 1997 and Science Institu-
te, University of Iceland, Helgi Björnsson and Finnur
Pálsson pers. comm.) are reported in Table 1.
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