The Cryosphere www.the-cryosphere.net 1994-0416 1994-0424 3 2 2009 10.5194/tc-3-231-2009 http://www.the-cryosphere.net/3/231/2009/ http://www.the-cryosphere.net/3/231/2009/tc-3-231-2009.html http://www.the-cryosphere.net/3/231/2009/tc-3-231-2009.pdf 231 243 2009-12-01 Mapping glaciers in Jotunheimen, South-Norway, during the "Little Ice Age" maximum S. Baumann sabine.baumann@uni-wuerzburg.de S. Winkler L. M. Andreassen Department of Geography, Physical Geography, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Oslo, Norway The maximum glacier extent during the "Little Ice Age" (mid 18th century AD) in Jotunheimen, southern Norway, was mapped using remote sensing techniques. Interpretation of existing glaciochronological studies, analysis of geomorphological maps, and own GPS-field measurements were applied for validation of the mapping. 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