Simlebreen
{{Short description|Glacier in Nordland, Norway}}
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|area = {{convert|21|km2|abbr=on}}
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{{native name|no|Simlebreen}} or {{native name|smj|Vátjamjåkjiehkke}}{{cite web|url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/815416|title=Informasjon om stadnamn|website=Norgeskart|publisher=Kartverket|language=no|accessdate=2024-09-23}} is a glacier in Beiarn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The {{convert|21|km2|adj=on}} glacier lies about {{convert|20|km}} north of the much larger glacier named Svartisen, making it the 18th largest glacier on the Norwegian mainland.{{cite web |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/an-1899-glacier-inventory-for-nordland-northern-norway-produced-from-historical-maps/8CB64A9ECBE51B8645A0D8F395D17F49 |title=An 1899 glacier inventory for Nordland, northern Norway, produced from historical maps |publisher=cambridge.org |date=1899 |access-date=6 December 2022}} However a 2018 study concluded that the glacier's area had diminished from {{convert|22|km2|adj=on}} in 1999, to {{convert|17.5|km2|adj=on}} in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://publikasjoner.nve.no/rapport/2022/rapport2022_03.pdf |title=BREER OG FONNER I NORGE |publisher=publikasjoner.nve.no |date=2022 |access-date=6 December 2022}} The mountain Simletinden lies on the East side of the glacier, reaching a height of {{convert|1329|m}}.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}