Hofsjökull
Hofsjökull is the third largest ice cap in Iceland after Vatnajökull and Langjökull and covers the largest active central volcano in the country, which has the same name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Interior.
Interior
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The Highland or The Central Highland is an area that comprises much of the interior land of Iceland. The Highland is situated above 300–400 meters and is mostly uninhabitable.
Hofsjökull
- Type: Icecap
- Description: glacier in Iceland
- Categories: ice cap and landform
- Location: Northwest, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Hofsjökull” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hofsjökull”
- Belarusian: “Гафсёкюдль”
- Belarusian: “Хофсёкюдль”
- Catalan: “Hofsjökull”
- Cebuano: “Hofsjökull”
- Chinese: “霍夫斯冰原”
- Dutch: “Hofsjokull”
- Dutch: “Hofsjökull”
- Esperanto: “Hofsjökull”
- French: “Hofsjokull”
- French: “Hofsjökull”
- Georgian: “ჰოფსიეკუდლი”
- German: “Hofsjökull”
- Hungarian: “Hofsjökull”
- Icelandic: “Arnarfellsjökull”
- Icelandic: “Hofsjökull”
- Italian: “Hofsjökull”
- Japanese: “ホーフスヨークトル”
- Japanese: “ホーフスヨークトル氷河”
- Japanese: “ホーフス氷河”
- Japanese: “ホフスヨークトル”
- Japanese: “ホフスヨークトル氷河”
- Japanese: “ホフス氷河”
- Japanese: “ホプス氷河”
- Korean: “호프스외퀴들”
- Lithuanian: “Hofsjokudlis”
- Macedonian: “Хофсјекидл”
- Malayalam: “ഹോഫ്സ്ജോക്കുൾ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arnarfellsjökull”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hofsjökull”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hofsjökull”
- Norwegian: “Hofsjökull”
- Persian: “هوفسوکول”
- Polish: “Hofsjoekull”
- Polish: “Hofsjokull”
- Polish: “Hofsjökull”
- Portuguese: “Hofsjökull”
- Russian: “Хофсйёкудль”
- Russian: “Хофсйёкюдль”
- Russian: “Хофсйокуль”
- Serbian: “Hofsjekidl”
- Serbian: “Hofsjökull”
- Serbian: “Хофсјекидл”
- Serbian: “Хофсјекул”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hofsjökull”
- Spanish: “Hofsjokull”
- Spanish: “Hofsjökull”
- Swahili: “Hofsjökull”
- Swedish: “Hofsjökull”
- Ukrainian: “Гофсйокутль”
- Ukrainian: “Гофсйокюдль”
- Western Panjabi: “ہوفسیوکل”
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