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Hjörleifshöfði
Also known as Hjörleifshöfdi
Hjörleifshöfði () is a -high inselberg in southern Iceland. It consists of palagonite. The mountain is located on the Mýrdalssandur outwash plain about east of Vík í Mýrdal, and was an island in the Atlantic Ocean.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Hjörleifshöfði
- Mountain.photo
- Island in the Sand (372740407).jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- A view of Hjörleifshöfði from the foothills of Katla to the northwest
- Mountain.map
- Iceland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Map of Iceland showing the location of Hjörleifshöfði
- Mountain.location
- Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Southern Region, Iceland
- Mountain.label
- Hjörleifshöfði
- Mountain.type
- Inselberg
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 221
- Image
- Hjörleifshöfði (cropped).jpg
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Hjörleifshöfði () is a -high inselberg in southern Iceland. It consists of palagonite. The mountain is located on the Mýrdalssandur outwash plain about east of Vík í Mýrdal, and was an island in the Atlantic Ocean.
==Name== The name was given to the mountain by one of the first legendary settlers mentioned in the Landnámabók.
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