Torfajökull

Torfajökull is a rhyolitic stratovolcano, with a large caldera capped by a glacier of the same name and associated with a complex of subglacial volcanoes.
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Torfajökull

Latitude
63.89597° or 63° 53′ 46″ north
Longitude
-19.00447° or 19° 0′ 16″ west
Elevation
1,075 metres (3,527 feet)
Open location code
9CM2VXWW+96
Open­Street­Map ID
way 421683025
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
2625760
Wiki­data ID
Q1474799
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Satellite Map

Discover Torfajökull from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Torfajökull” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Տորֆայոկյուդլ”
  • Asturian: “Torfajökull”
  • Basque: “Torfajökull”
  • Catalan: “Torfajökull”
  • Cebuano: “Torfajökull”
  • Chinese: “托尔法冰盖”
  • Danish: “Torfajökull”
  • Dutch: “Torfajokull”
  • Dutch: “Torfajökull”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تورفاچوكول”
  • French: “Torfajökull”
  • Georgian: “ტორვაიეკუდლი”
  • German: “Torfajökull”
  • Icelandic: “Torfajökull”
  • Italian: “Torfajökull”
  • Japanese: “トルヴァヨークトル”
  • Macedonian: “Торфајекидл”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torfajökull”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Torfajökull”
  • Norwegian: “Torfajökull”
  • Persian: “تورفایوکول”
  • Polish: “Torfajoekull”
  • Polish: “Torfajokull”
  • Polish: “Torfajökull”
  • Russian: “Торвайёкюдль”
  • Russian: “Торфаёкюдль”
  • Spanish: “Torfajokull”
  • Spanish: “Torfajökull”
  • Swedish: “Torfajökull”
  • Ukrainian: “Торфайокудль”
  • Ukrainian: “Торфайокутль”
  • Venetian: “Torfajökull”
  • Western Panjabi: “تھورسیوکل”

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