Brúarjokull
| Brúarjokull | ||
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 Brúarjökull glacier gate around 1900 |
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| location | Southeast of Iceland , north of Vatnajokull | |
| Type | Outlet glacier | |
| length | 54 km | |
| surface | 1600 km² | |
| Exposure | North | |
| Altitude range | 1800 m - 590 m | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 43 ′ N , 16 ° 7 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Kreppa → Jökulsá á Fjöllum → Öxarfjörður and Hálslón reservoir → Jökulsá á Dal → Héraðsflói | |
| particularities | Surge glacier | |
The Brúarjökull is the largest outlet glaciers of the largest Icelandic Plauteaugletschers, the Vatnajökull . It is located in the northeast of Vatnajökull, east of Kverkfjöll and west of Eyjabakkajökull . The glacier is over 30 km wide. The glacier feeds large rivers such as the Kreppa and the Jökulsá á Brú . The latter is dammed in the Hálslón to a length of 25 km for the Kárahnjúka hydropower plant .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS): Fluctuations of Glaciers 2005–2010 (Vol. X). Zurich 2012 ( online ( memento of the original from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .; PDF; 5.0 MB )
- ^ The Brúarjökull Project: Sedimentary environments of a surging glacier
