Vindbelgjarfjall

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Vindbelgjarfjall
Vindbelgjarfjall behind the lake Mývatn

Vindbelgjarfjall behind the lake Mývatn

height 529  m
location Northeast of Iceland
Coordinates 65 ° 37 '28 "  N , 17 ° 4' 5"  W Coordinates: 65 ° 37 '28 "  N , 17 ° 4' 5"  W.
Vindbelgjarfjall (Iceland)
Vindbelgjarfjall
Type Palagonite cone
rock Palagonite
Age of the rock Vistula glacial period
Vindbelgjarfjall behind the Skútustaðir craters

Vindbelgjarfjall behind the Skútustaðir craters

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When Vindbelgjarfjall (529 m), also Vindbelgur or Belgjarfjall called, is a volcanic mountain on the northern shore of Lake Myvatn in the northeast - Iceland .

geology

The volcano Vindbelgjarfjall is part of the volcanic system of the nearby central volcano Krafla .

It is a palagonite cone and was thus formed in one or more eruptions at the same eruption site under an ice age glacier.

hike

A hike of around three quarters of an hour leads from the parking lot at the lake west of the Vagnbrekka farm up the mountain, following a marked hiking trail.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Pétur Þorleifsson: Íslensk fjöll. Gönguleiðir á 151 tind. Reykjavík (Mál og Menning) 2004, p. 298
  2. Jón G. Jónsson: Mývatnssveit með og kostum kynjum. Ferðafélag Íslands, árbók 2006. Reykjavík 2006, p. 143
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