Mýrdalsjökull

Mýrdalsjökull is an ice cap on the top of the Katla volcano in the south of . It is to the north of the town of and to the east of the smaller ice cap .
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Mýrdalsjökull

Latitude
63.64316° or 63° 38′ 35″ north
Longitude
-19.17374° or 19° 10′ 26″ west
Elevation
1,406 metres (4,613 feet)
Open location code
9CM2JRVG+7G
Geo­Names ID
2628103
Wiki­data ID
Q214818
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Mýrdalsjökull” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Belarusian: Мюрдальс’ёкудль
  • Belarusian: Мюрдальсёкудль
  • Bulgarian: Мирдалсийокутъл
  • Catalan: Myrdalsjökull
  • Catalan: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Cebuano: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Chinese: 米达尔斯冰原
  • Chinese: 米達爾斯冰原
  • Czech: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Danish: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Dutch: Myrdalsjokull
  • Dutch: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Esperanto: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Finnish: Mýrdalsjökull
  • French: Midhdalsjokull
  • French: Midhdalsjökull
  • French: Myrdalsjokull
  • French: Myrdalsjökull
  • French: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Georgian: მირდალსიეკუდლი
  • German: Myrdalsjökull
  • German: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Hungarian: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Icelandic: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Indonesian: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Italian: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Japanese: ミールダールスヨークトル
  • Japanese: ミールダールス氷河
  • Japanese: ミールダルスヨークトル
  • Japanese: ミールダルスヨークトル氷河
  • Japanese: ミールダルス氷河
  • Japanese: ミルダルスヨークトル
  • Japanese: ミルダルス氷河
  • Kazakh: Myurdalʹsýokwdlʹ
  • Kazakh: Мюрдальсйокудль
  • Kazakh: ميۋردالسيوكۋدل
  • Kirghiz: Мирдальсйёкюдль
  • Korean: 미르달스예퀴들
  • Macedonian: Мирдалсјекидл
  • Malay: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Malayalam: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Malayalam: മൈർഡൽസ്ജോക്കുൾ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Myrdalsjökull
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Myrdalsjøkull
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Myrdalsbreen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Myrdalsjökul
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Myrdalsjøkul
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mýrdalsjökul
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mýrdalsjøkul
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Myrdalsjøkulen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Myrdalsjökull
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Myrdalsjøkull
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mýrdalsjøkull
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Myrdalsjøkullen
  • Norwegian: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Polish: Myrdalsjokull
  • Polish: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Portuguese: Myrdalsjökull
  • Portuguese: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Russian: Мирдальсйёкюдль
  • Russian: Мюрдальсйёкудль
  • Serbian: Mirdalsjekidl
  • Serbian: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Serbian: Мирдалсјекидл
  • Serbian: Мирталсјекидл
  • Serbian: Мирталсјекул
  • Serbian: Мјрдалсјекидл
  • Spanish: Myrdalsjokull
  • Spanish: Myrdalsjökull
  • Spanish: Mýrdalsjokull
  • Spanish: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Swedish: Myrdalsjökull
  • Swedish: Mýrdalsjökull
  • Ukrainian: Мірдалсйокутль
  • Ukrainian: Мірдалсйокюдль
  • Western Panjabi: مائرڈلزیوکل

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