Earth:Kverkfjöll
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Short description: Mountain range in Iceland
| Kverkfjöll | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,764 m (5,787 ft) |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 64°39′00″N 16°43′00″W / 64.65°N 16.7166667°W |
| Geography | |
  Kverkfjöll Location in Iceland | |
| Location | Iceland |
Kverkfjöll (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰvɛr̥kˌfjœtl̥] (
listen); 1,764 m) is a mountain range situated on the north-eastern border of the glacier Vatnajökull in Iceland. With the glacier Kverkjökull, it is between the Vatnajökull glacier and the Dyngjufjöll mountains. The mountains are active volcanoes. Especially around 1720, they saw frequent eruptions and glacier runs.
Under the mountains, there is a magma chamber which leads to the formation of glacier caves. Currently, they cannot be visited because of the risk of collapse.[citation needed]
The Holuhraun lava field is approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) to the north-west of Kverkfjöll. The main volume of the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river flows from the Kverkfjöll area.[1]
See also
- Glaciers of Iceland
- Iceland plume
- List of lakes of Iceland
- Volcanism of Iceland
- List of volcanic eruptions in Iceland
- List of volcanoes in Iceland
External links
- Kverksfjöll in the Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes
- Kverkfjöll - picture gallery from islandsmyndir.is
- Photo
- ice cave
- "Kverkfjöll". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=373050.
References
- ↑ "Holuhraun". Nordic Adventure Travel. http://www.nat.is/travelguideeng/plofin_holuhraun.htm. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
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