Langjökull
Sign in to saveLangjökull (, Icelandic for "long glacier") is the second largest ice cap in Iceland (), after Vatnajökull. It is situated in the west of the Icelandic interior or Highlands of Iceland and can be seen clearly from Haukadalur. It covers the higher parts of the Langjökull volcanic system.
Key facts
- Glacier.name
- Langjökull
- Glacier.other_name
- Lángjökull
- Glacier.image
- Image:Islande Langjokull.jpg
- Glacier.caption
- Þórisjökull in the foreground, part of Langjökull in the background
- Glacier.type
- Ice cap
- Glacier.location
- Iceland
- Glacier.terminus
- from the north, Baldjökull, Pjófadalajökull, Hengibjörg, Leiðarjökull, Kirkjujökull, Norðurjökull, Skriðufell, Suðurjökull, Skálpanes, Jarlhettur, Eystri-Hagafellsjökull, Hagafell, Vestri-Hagafellsjökull, Lónsjökull, Geitlandsjökull, Svartárjökull', Flosajökull, Þrístapajökull
- Glacier.status
- Retreating
- Glacier.map_caption
- Map of Langjökull ice cap showing its named glacial catchments (light grey shading with white outline). Clicking on the map to enlarge it enables mouse over that allows identification of individual named glacial catchments in Iceland.
- Glacier.mapframe
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Situation and form
- Glaciers in the area
- Water flow and development of the glacier
- Volcanism
- Highland roads
- Tourism
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Langjökull (, Icelandic for "long glacier") is the second largest ice cap in Iceland (), after Vatnajökull. It is situated in the west of the Icelandic interior or Highlands of Iceland and can be seen clearly from Haukadalur. It covers the higher parts of the Langjökull volcanic system.
Its volume is and the ice is up to thick. The highest point of the ice cap (at Baldjökull at the northern end of Langjökull) is about above sea level.