Öræfajökull
Öræfajökull is an ice-covered volcano in south-east Iceland. The largest active volcano and the highest peak in Iceland at 2,110 metres, it lies within the Vatnajökull National Park and is covered by part of the glacier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Icecap
- Description: volcano in south-eastern Iceland
- Also known as: “Oraefajokull”, “Oraefajökull”, “Oræfajökull”, “Öraefajökull”, and “Oraejökull”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hvannadalshnúkur.
Hvannadalshnúkur
Peak
Photo: Gummao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hvannadalshnjúkur or Hvannadalshnúkur is a pyramidal peak on the northwestern rim of the summit crater of the Öræfajökull volcano in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. Its summit is the highest point and the only Ultra-prominent peak in the country.
Öræfajökull
- Categories: volcano, mountain, glacier, and landform
- Location: Hornafjörður, East Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Öræfajökull” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Oraefajokull”
- Basque: “Öræfajökull”
- Catalan: “Öræfajökull”
- Cebuano: “Oraefa Glacier”
- Chinese: “厄賴法冰蓋”
- Chinese: “厄賴法耶屈德爾火山”
- Czech: “Öræfajökull”
- Danish: “Öræfajökull”
- Dutch: “Oraefajokull”
- Dutch: “Öræfajökull”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اورايفاچوكول”
- Estonian: “Öraefajökull”
- Estonian: “Öræfajökull”
- Finnish: “Öræfajökull”
- Finnish: “Öräfajökull”
- French: “Knappafell”
- French: “Öræfajökull”
- German: “Hnappafellsjökull”
- German: “Öraefajökull”
- German: “Öræfajökull”
- German: “Öraefi”
- German: “Öræfi”
- Greek: “Ερεφαγιέκουλ”
- Greek: “Έρεφαγιεκουλ”
- Greek: “Οραφαγιοκούλ”
- Hungarian: “Öræfajökull”
- Icelandic: “Öræfajökull”
- Indonesian: “Öræfajökull”
- Irish: “Öræfajökull”
- Italian: “Öraefajökull”
- Italian: “Öræfajökull”
- Japanese: “エーライヴァヨークトル”
- Japanese: “オーライバ氷河”
- Korean: “오르애파요쿨”
- Korean: “외라이바이외퀴들”
- Latvian: “Ēraifajēkitls”
- Macedonian: “Ерафајекидл”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Öræfajökull”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Öræfajökull”
- Norwegian: “Öræfajökull”
- Persian: “اوریفایوکول”
- Polish: “Oeraefajoekull”
- Polish: “Oraefajokull”
- Polish: “Oræfajökull”
- Polish: “Öræfajökull”
- Portuguese: “Öræfajökull”
- Russian: “Эрайвайёкюдль”
- Serbian: “Вулкан Ерафајокул”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Öræfajökull”
- Slovenian: “Öræfajökull”
- Spanish: “Oraefajokull”
- Spanish: “Oræfajokull”
- Spanish: “Oræfajökull”
- Spanish: “Öræfajokull”
- Spanish: “Öræfajökull”
- Swahili: “Öræfajökull”
- Swedish: “Öraefajökull”
- Swedish: “Öræfajökull”
- Swedish: “Öräfajökull”
- Ukrainian: “Ерайвайокюдль”
- Ukrainian: “Ерайфайокутль”
- Western Panjabi: “اوریفایوکل”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tjaldskarð and Hrutsfjallstindar.
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