Drangajokull
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 Drangajökull, view over the fjord Ísafjarðardjúp to the glacier behind the Kaldalón |
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| location | Iceland | |
| surface | 160 km² | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 9 ′ N , 22 ° 15 ′ W | |
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The Drangajökull ( Icelandic for "rock glacier") is the northernmost large glacier in Iceland .
It is located in the northwest of Vestfirðir, southeast of the Hornstrandir peninsula and extends over about 160 to 200 km² up to an altitude of 925 m .
Other well-known peaks on the glacier are Hljóðabunga ( 825 m ), Reyðarbunga and Hrolleifsborg ( 851 m ). Some mountain peaks protrude from the glacial ice as nunataks .
Various valley glaciers emanate from Drangajökull, the most famous of which is the glacier tongue , which almost reaches down to the 5 km long Kaldalón Bay. From there you can hike to the glacier tongue.
The snow line is lowest in the northwest at 700 m .
There are also volcanic mountains under the Drangajökull. But the Vestfirðir are considered the oldest part of Iceland and are no longer volcanically active.
You can see the glacier from afar across the large Ísafjarðardjúp fjord , especially from the island of Vigur in the fjord . The snow fields in the Snæfjallaströnd district are remnants of the glacier, which was much larger in earlier times.
Until the turn of the 20th century, the area was densely populated and several paths led across the glacier. On them one transported u. a. the driftwood to the south, which was found in abundance on the north coast of Iceland and in earlier times was an important additional source of income for farmers.
See also
Web links
- Drangajokull. IMO article (Icelandic)
Individual evidence
- ↑ T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon (eds.): Íslandshandbókin , 1. bindi. Örn & Örlygur, Reykjavík 1989, p. 266.