Hvannadalshnúkur

Hvannadalshnjúkur or Hvannadalshnúkur is a pyramidal peak on the northwestern rim of the summit crater of the in , . Its summit is the highest point and the only Ultra-prominent peak in the country.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,119 metres
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: “Hvannadalshnjukur”, “Hvannadalshnjúkur”, and “Hvannadalshnukur”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Öræfajökull.

Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an ice-covered volcano in south-east .

Hvannadalshnúkur

Latitude
64.01415° or 64° 0′ 51″ north
Longitude
-16.67696° or 16° 40′ 37″ west
Elevation
2,119 metres (6,952 feet)
Open location code
9CP5287F+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 438645423
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2629761
Wiki­data ID
Q140084
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Hvannadalshnúkur” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Belarusian: “Гванадальсгнукюр”
  • Belarusian: “Хванадальсхнукюр”
  • Catalan: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Cebuano: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Chinese: “华纳达尔斯火山”
  • Chinese: “華納達爾斯火山”
  • Chinese: “華納達爾斯赫努克火山”
  • Croatian: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Czech: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Dutch: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Dutch: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Esperanto: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Estonian: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Finnish: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • French: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Georgian: “ჰვანადალსჰნუკური”
  • German: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Greek: “Χβαναντάλσνιουκουρ”
  • Greek: “Χβάνανταλσνιουκουρ”
  • Greek: “Χβαννανταλσνγιούκουρ”
  • Hebrew: “קוואנאדאלסניוקור”
  • Hebrew: “קוונאדאלסנוקור”
  • Hungarian: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Icelandic: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Icelandic: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Indonesian: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Irish: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Italian: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Japanese: “クヴァンナダルスフニュークル”
  • Korean: “크반나달스흐누퀴르 산”
  • Korean: “크반나달스흐누퀴르산”
  • Ladin: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Latvian: “Kvannadālshnjūgirs”
  • Lombard: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Macedonian: “Кванаталсхнукир”
  • Macedonian: “Хванадалснукир”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰვანადალსჰნუკური”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Norwegian: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Persian: “هانادالشنوکوش”
  • Polish: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Portuguese: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Quechua: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Romanian: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Russian: “Хваннадальсхнукюр”
  • Scots: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Slovak: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Slovenian: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Spanish: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Swahili: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Swedish: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Swedish: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
  • Ukrainian: “Гваннадальсхнукюр”
  • Ukrainian: “Хванадальсхнукюр”
  • Venetian: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوناٹالسنوکیور”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Múlagljúfur and Freysnes.

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Highlights: Dyrhamar and Tindaborg.

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