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right|upright=1.25|thumb|Þórisjökull Þórisjökull or Thórisjökull (, Icelandic for "Thóris's glacier") is a small glacier and volcano in western-central Iceland, to the southwest of Langjökull glacier. It has an elevation of . Kaldidalur lies in the foreground.

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  • The name
  • Mountaineering
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right|upright=1.25|thumb|Þórisjökull Þórisjökull or Thórisjökull (, Icelandic for "Thóris's glacier") is a small glacier and volcano in western-central Iceland, to the southwest of Langjökull glacier. It has an elevation of . Kaldidalur lies in the foreground.

==Position== right|thumb|Þórisjökull viewed from adjacent Geitlandsjökull to the north. thumb|Þórisjökull viewed from road no. 52. þórisjökull is situated between Langjökull glacier and the shield volcano Ok to its east. The "Cold valley" (translation of Kaldidalur) is lying between them with its famous highland road of the same name.

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

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