Fláajökull
| Fláajökull | ||
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 View from Almannaskarð to Fláajökull |
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| location | Iceland | |
| length | 15 km | |
| width | ⌀ 2 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 22 ′ N , 15 ° 39 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Hólmsá , Djúpá | |
Fláajökull is a slow-flowing, smaller glacier in Iceland on the east side of the glacier- covered Breiðabunga volcano in eastern Iceland .
It is an outlet glacier of the great Vatnajökull glacier . The name is derived from the Icelandic word flár for "slope", "slope" or "sloping surface". Historical names of the glacier are Mýrajökull, Hólmsárjökull and Hólsárjökull.
It is located in Vatnajökull National Park , 40 km by road and 20 km as the crow flies northwest of the small town of Höfn .
Web links
Commons : Fláajökull - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Fláajökull Field trip and Excursion Report - Glacial geology (JAR407) , University of Iceland - School of Engineering and Natural Science - Earth Science on May 22, 2012
- Oddur Sigurðsson1 and Richard S. Williams, Jr .: Geographic Names of Iceland's Glaciers: Historic and Modern US Department of the Interior , accessed February 5, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alphabetical List of the Glaciers of Iceland , US Department of the Interior (usgs.gov), accessed February 5, 2014