Kverkfjöll
Kverkfjöll is a potentially active central volcano, fissure swarm, and associated mountain range situated on the northern border of the glacier Vatnajökull in Iceland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,685 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Kverk Mountains” and “Kverkjöll”
Kverkfjöll
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.65302° or 64° 39′ 11″ northLongitude
-16.65112° or 16° 39′ 4″ westElevation
1,685 metres (5,528 feet)Open location code
9CP5M83X+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2285355058OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Kverkfjöll from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Kverkfjöll” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kverkfjöll”
- Basque: “Kverkfjöll”
- Catalan: “Kverkfjöll”
- Cebuano: “Kverkfjöll”
- Chinese: “克韋爾克火山”
- Chinese: “克韦尔克火山”
- Dutch: “Kverkfjoll”
- Dutch: “Kverkfjöll”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كڤيركفچول”
- Finnish: “Kverkfjöll”
- French: “Kverkfjoll”
- French: “Kverkfjöll”
- German: “Kverkfjöll”
- Icelandic: “Kverkfjöll”
- Indonesian: “Kverkfjöll”
- Italian: “Kverkfjöll”
- Japanese: “クヴェルクフィヨットル”
- Ladin: “Kverkfjöll”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kverkfjöll”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kverkfjöll”
- Norwegian: “Kverkfjöll”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kverkfjoll”
- Polish: “Kverkfjoell”
- Polish: “Kverkfjoll”
- Polish: “Kverkfjöll”
- Russian: “Кверкфьёдль”
- Spanish: “Kverkfjöll”
- Swahili: “Kverkfjöll”
- Swedish: “Kverkfjöll”
- Ukrainian: “Кверкфйотль”
- Venetian: “Kverkfjöll”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vatnajökull National Park and Grágæsadalur.
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