Rauðhólar
Rauðhólar is a small chain of volcanoes within the Askja or the Fremrinámur volcanic systems in the north of Iceland. They are located at the lower course of the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum, around 25 km from Öxarfjörður fjord and at the same time near Vesturdalur in Jökulsárgljúfur National Park next to the Hljóðaklettar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 154 metres
- Description: mountain in Iceland
- Also known as: “Raudholar”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ásbyrgi.
Ásbyrgi
Locality
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ásbyrgi is a glacial canyon and forest in the north of Iceland, located approximately 38 kilometres east of Húsavík on the Diamond Circle road. The horseshoe-shaped depression is part of the Vatnajökull National Park and measures approximately 3.5 km in length and over 1 km wide.
Rauðhólar
- Categories: mountain, protected area, and landform
- Location: Norðurþing, Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.94901° or 65° 56′ 56″ northLongitude
-16.52736° or 16° 31′ 39″ westElevation
154 metres (505 feet)Open location code
9CQ5WFXF+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1915786856OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Rauðhólar” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Rauðhólar”
- German: “Rauðhólar (Jökulsárgljúfur)”
- German: “Rauðhólar”
- Icelandic: “Rauðhólar”
- Spanish: “Rauðhólar”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rauðhólar”. Photo: Silverkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.