Hverfjall
Hverfjall is a tephra cone or tuff ring volcano in northern Iceland, to the east of Mývatn. It erupted in 2500 BP in the southern part of the Krafla fissure swarm.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grjótagjá.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reykjahlíð and Námaskarð.
Hverfjall
- Peak rising to 321 metres (1,053 feet)
- Description: volcano in Iceland
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- Location
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Latitude
65.60506° or 65° 36′ 18″ north
Longitude
-16.87395° or 16° 52′ 26″ west
Open location code
9CQ5J44G+2C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Hverfjall” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hverfjall”
- Cebuano: “Hverfjall”
- Chinese: “惠爾山”
- Dutch: “Hverfell”
- Dutch: “Hverfjall”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هڤيرفچال”
- French: “Hverfjall”
- German: “Hverfell”
- German: “Hverfjall”
- Icelandic: “Hverfell”
- Icelandic: “Hverfjall”
- Italian: “Hverfjall”
- Japanese: “クヴェルフィヤットル”
- Japanese: “プェルフィエル”
- Japanese: “プエルフィエル”
- Ladin: “Hverfjall”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hverfjall”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hverfjall”
- Persian: “هورفجال”
- Polish: “Hverfell”
- Polish: “Hverfjall”
- Russian: “Хверфьядль”
- Spanish: “Hverfjall”
- Swedish: “Hverfjall”
- Venetian: “Hverfjall”
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Notable Places Nearby
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