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Tungnafellsjökull

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Tungnafellsjökull (, "Tungna-fells glacier" or "tongue-fells glacier") is a icecap glacier upon a volcano of the same name in Iceland. The volcano is also known as Vonarskarð.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Tungnafellsjökull
Mountain.other_name
Vonarskarð
Mountain.photo
Tungnafellsjökull.JPG
Mountain.photo_caption
Tungnafellsjökull and the Icelandic flags
Mountain.elevation_m
1523
Mountain.prominence_m
700
Mountain.map
Iceland
Mountain.map_caption
Map of Iceland showing the location of Tungnafellsjökull.
Mountain.location
Iceland
Mountain.type
Icelandic stratovolcano
Mountain.age
Pleistocene
Mountain.last_eruption
Holocene, within last 4500 years.
Mountain.map_image_caption
Geological features near the Tungnafellsjökull and Hágöngur central volcanoes and Tungnafellsjökull volcanic system (red outlines).

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
ice cap
Country
Iceland
Located in
Þingeyjarsveit
Area
48
Elevation
1535
Image
Tungnafellsjökull.JPG
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Commons category
Tungnafellsjökull
located in protected area
Vatnajökull National Park
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Activity
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Tungnafellsjökull (, "Tungna-fells glacier" or "tongue-fells glacier") is a icecap glacier upon a volcano of the same name in Iceland. The volcano is also known as Vonarskarð.

== Geography ==

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

On the map

2 mapped locations