
Öræfajökull
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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.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1720s natural disasters, 1727 disasters and Active volcanoes.
Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.
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
- Located in
- Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður
- 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
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- 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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On the map
3 mapped locations