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Mælifell

Mælifell is a volcano located in Southern Iceland. Mælifell stands 200 meters above its surroundings and it is a composite cone volcano formed by volcanic eruptions underneath the glacier.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 568 metres
  • Description: mountain in Rangárþing ytra, Suðurland, Iceland
  • Also known as: “Maelifell”

Mælifell

Latitude
63.79957° or 63° 47′ 59″ north
Longitude
-18.93858° or 18° 56′ 19″ west
Elevation
568 metres (1,864 feet)
Open location code
9CM3Q3X6+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4215965718
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2628480
Wiki­data ID
Q23754534
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Mælifell” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Maelifell”
  • Basque: “Mælifell”
  • Cebuano: “Mælifell”
  • French: “Mælifell”
  • Icelandic: “Mælifell”
  • Russian: “Маелифелл”
  • Russian: “Майлифедль”
  • Spanish: “Maelifell”
  • Swedish: “Mælifell”

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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 “Mælifell”. Photo: PeterRYV, CC BY-SA 4.0.