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Glóðafeykir
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'''''' is a mountain in eastern Skagafjörður, Iceland in the middle of the Blönduhlíð mountain range, directly opposite Varmahlíð. Its shape is gabled and it is rather striking. The mountain is rocky towards the top, but is still fairly easy to hike. , also often called or , is 910 meters tall.
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- Iceland
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- Skagafjörður
- Elevation
- 910
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'''' is a mountain in eastern Skagafjörður, Iceland in the middle of the Blönduhlíð mountain range, directly opposite Varmahlíð. Its shape is gabled and it is rather striking. The mountain is rocky towards the top, but is still fairly easy to hike. , also often called or , is 910 meters tall.
Deep valleys run through the Tröllaskagi mountain range on both sides of : valley to the north and Dalsdalur valley to the south. Two farms are located at the base of the mountain, Flugumýri to the north and Djúpidalur at the mouth of Dalsdalur. Sources say that, in the summer of 1551, , a mistress of Bishop Jón Arason, hid in a tent in the hollow behind from soldiers that the Danish King had sent to Hólar.
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