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.
- Type: Icecap
- Description: volcano in south-eastern Iceland
- Also known as: “Hnappafellsjökull”, “Knappafell”, “Mount Oraeka”, “Oeraefajoekull”, “Oraefajokull”, “Oraefajökull”, “Oræfajokull”, “Oræfajökull”, “Öraefajökull”, “Öræfajokull”, “Öraefi”, “Öræfi”, “Oraejökull”, “Oraeka”, “Öräfajökull”, “Οραφαγιοκούλ”, “오르애파요쿨”, and “オーライバ氷河”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hvannadalshnúkur.
Öræfajökull
- Categories: volcano, mountain, glacier, and landform
- Location: Hornafjörður, East Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.02167° or 64° 1′ 18″ north
Longitude
-16.64327° or 16° 38′ 36″ west
Elevation
1,948 metres (6,391 feet)
Open location code
9CP529C4+MM
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Öræfajökull” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Öræfajökull”
- 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: “Öræfajökull”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اورايفاچوكول”
- Estonian: “Öræfajökull”
- Finnish: “Öræfajökull”
- French: “Öræfajökull”
- German: “Öræfajökull”
- Greek: “Ερεφαγιέκουλ”
- Greek: “Έρεφαγιεκουλ”
- Hungarian: “Öræfajökull”
- Icelandic: “Öræfajökull”
- Indonesian: “Öræfajökull”
- Irish: “Öræfajökull”
- Italian: “Öræfajökull”
- Japanese: “エーライヴァヨークトル”
- Korean: “외라이바이외퀴들”
- Latvian: “Ēraifajēkitls”
- Macedonian: “Ерафајекидл”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Öræfajökull”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Öræfajökull”
- Norwegian: “Öræfajökull”
- Persian: “اوریفایوکول”
- Polish: “Öræfajökull”
- Portuguese: “Öræfajökull”
- Russian: “Эрайвайёкюдль”
- Serbian: “Вулкан Ерафајокул”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Öræfajökull”
- Slovenian: “Öræfajökull”
- Spanish: “Öræfajökull”
- Swahili: “Öræfajökull”
- Swedish: “Öræfajökull”
- Ukrainian: “Ерайвайокюдль”
- Ukrainian: “Ерайфайокутль”
- Western Panjabi: “اوریفایوکل”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Hof and Skaftafell.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tjaldskarð and Hrutsfjallstindar.
East Iceland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Vatnajökull National Park and Egilsstaðir.
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