Hvannadalshnúkur
Hvannadalshnjúkur or Hvannadalshnúkur is a pyramidal peak on the northwestern rim of the summit crater of the Öræfajökull volcano in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. Its summit is the highest point and the only Ultra-prominent peak in the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,119 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Hvannadalshnjúkur” and “Hvannadalshnukur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Öræfajökull.
Öræfajökull
Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Öræfajökull is an ice-covered volcano in south-east Iceland. The largest active volcano and the highest peak in Iceland at 2,110 metres, it lies within the Vatnajökull National Park and is covered by part of the glacier.
Hvannadalshnúkur
- Categories: mountain, highest point, and landform
- Location: Hornafjörður, East Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.01415° or 64° 0′ 51″ northLongitude
-16.67696° or 16° 40′ 37″ westElevation
2,119 metres (6,952 feet)Open location code
9CP5287F+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 438645423OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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: “Hvannadalshnjukur”
- Spanish: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
- Swahili: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
- Swedish: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
- Swedish: “Hvannadalshnúkur”
- Ukrainian: “Гваннадальсхнукюр”
- Ukrainian: “Хванадальсхнукюр”
- Venetian: “Hvannadalshnjúkur”
- Western Panjabi: “کوناٹالسنوکیور”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Múlagljúfur and Freysnes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dyrhamar and Tindaborg.
East Iceland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Vatnajökull National Park, Egilsstaðir, Seyðisfjörður, and Höfn.
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