Geitlandsjökull
Sign in to saveGeitlandsjökull () is a lateral glacier of Langjökull, with a flowshed of from the second largest ice cap in Iceland at , in the west of Iceland. It has also been used as the name for the substantial Langjökull ice cap, as has the name Suðurjöklar. The highest point of Geitlandsjökull, which lies on top of a tuya, reaches a height of .
Key facts
- Glacier.name
- Geitlandsjökull
- Glacier.other_name
- Vatnajökull
- Glacier.image
- File:Geitlandsjökull.jpg
- Glacier.caption
- Geitlandsjökull as seen from adjacent Prestahnúkur to the east.
- Glacier.mapframe
- no
- Glacier.map_caption
- Map of Langjökull ice cap showing its named glacial catchments (light grey shading with white outline). The Geitlandsjökull catchment is outlined in turquoise. Clicking on the map to enlarge it enables mouse over that allows identification of individual named glacial catchments.
- Glacier.type
- Outlet glacier
- Glacier.location
- Iceland
- Glacier.status
- stable
- Mountain.name
- Geitlandsjökull
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1400
- Mountain.map
- Iceland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Iceland
- Mountain.map_size
- 240
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.location
- Iceland
- Mountain.type
- Tuya
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Geitlandsjökull () is a lateral glacier of Langjökull, with a flowshed of from the second largest ice cap in Iceland at , in the west of Iceland. It has also been used as the name for the substantial Langjökull ice cap, as has the name Suðurjöklar. The highest point of Geitlandsjökull, which lies on top of a tuya, reaches a height of .
Unlike most of the outlet glaciers of Langjökull which are retreating, its recent mass balance is stable, as it intercepts the predominant low pressure weather systems from the south-west.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geitlandsjökull” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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