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Esja
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Esja (; often Esjan , with the feminine definite article) is a mountain situated in the south-west of Iceland, about ten kilometres north of Iceland's capital city Reykjavík.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Esja
Mountain.photo
Esja (2571116699).jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
The mountain range Esja
Mountain.elevation_m
914
Mountain.location
10 km north of Reykjavík, Iceland
Mountain.map
Iceland
Mountain.relief
1
Mountain.map_size
200
Mountain.label_position
right
Mountain.easiest_route
hiking

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Formation
  • Physical features
  • Hiking and climbing
  • References

Esja (; often Esjan , with the feminine definite article) is a mountain situated in the south-west of Iceland, about ten kilometres north of Iceland's capital city Reykjavík.

Esja is not a single mountain, but a volcanic mountain range, made from basalt and tuff. thumb|Esja as seen from Perlan thumb|Steinn on Esja

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Esja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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On the map

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