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Also known as Oraefajökull, Öraefajökull, Oraefajokull, Oræfajökull

thumb|280px|Hvannadalshnúkur, the highest peak of Öræfajökull. Öræfajökull (; 'Öræfi glacier' or 'wasteland glacier') is an ice-covered volcano in south-east Iceland. The largest active volcano and the highest peak in Iceland at , it lies within the Vatnajökull National Park and is covered by part of the glacier.

Key facts

Mountain.embedded
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Mountain.name
Öræfajökull
Mountain.photo
Öræfajökull - Mapillary (520905752282052).jpg
Mountain.elevation
at Hvannadalshnúkur
Mountain.prominence
at Hvannadalshnúkur
Mountain.location
Iceland
Mountain.type
Stratovolcano
Mountain.age
Pleistocene
Mountain.last_eruption
3 August 1727 to May 1728
Mountain.mapframe zoom
8

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
glacier
Country
Iceland
Elevation
2110
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Highest point
Hvannadalshnúkur
Material used
rhyolite
Image
Öræfajökull - Mapillary (520905752282052).jpg
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Commons category
Öræfajökull
located in/on physical feature
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
located in protected area
Vatnajökull National Park
Commons gallery
Öræfajökull
time period
Pleistocene
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Activity
  • 1362 eruption
  • 1728 eruption
  • 2017 activity
  • 2018 activity
  • Landslide
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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thumb|280px|Hvannadalshnúkur, the highest peak of Öræfajökull. Öræfajökull (; 'Öræfi glacier' or 'wasteland glacier') is an ice-covered volcano in south-east Iceland. The largest active volcano and the highest peak in Iceland at , it lies within the Vatnajökull National Park and is covered by part of the glacier.

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

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