Thordarhyrna
Sign in to saveThordarhyrna ( ) is one of seven subglacial volcanoes beneath the Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland. It is a paired active central volcano with Grímsvötn, and can be classified as part of the Grímsvötn-Laki volcanic system, with common fissure swarms to the south.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Thordarhyrna is referenced by 50 other articles, and connects out to Vatnajökull, Loki-Fögrufjöll and Iceland.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_scale, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Central volcanoes of Iceland, Subglacial volcanoes of Iceland and VEI-4 volcanoes.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcano
- Part of
- Vatnajökull
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Skaftárhreppur
- Elevation
- 1650
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- Þórðarhyrna
- described at URL
- icelandicvolcanoes.is//?volcano=THO
- native label
- Þórðarhyrna
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Encyclopedic overview
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Thordarhyrna ( ) is one of seven subglacial volcanoes beneath the Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland. It is a paired active central volcano with Grímsvötn, and can be classified as part of the Grímsvötn-Laki volcanic system, with common fissure swarms to the south.
== Geography == Thordarhyrna central volcano is in diameter, and located north-east of the Síðujökull outlet glacier in a line that goes through the Háabunga ice cap feature of Vatnajokull on the way to the Grímsvötn caldera. To the immediate south-east of Thordarhyrna the outlet glacier has been called Djúpárjökull and to its east the outlet glacier has been called Grænalónsjökull. The central volcano Hamarinn of the Bárðarbunga volcanic system is to the north-east.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thordarhyrna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations