Hofsjökull

Hofsjökull is the third largest ice cap in after and and covers the largest active central volcano in the country, which has the same name.
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  • Type: Icecap
  • Description: glacier in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Arnarfellsjökull”, “Hofsjoekull”, “Hofsjokull”, “Хофсйёкудль”, “Хофсйокуль”, “Хофсјекул”, “ホーフスヨークトル”, “ホーフスヨークトル氷河”, “ホフスヨークトル”, “ホフスヨークトル氷河”, “ホフス氷河”, and “ホプス氷河”

Places in the Area

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The Highland, also known as the Central Highland…

Hofsjökull

Latitude
64.83044° or 64° 49′ 50″ north
Longitude
-18.79° or 18° 47′ 24″ west
Elevation
1,544 metres (5,066 feet)
Open location code
9CP3R6J6+52
Geo­Names ID
2630279
Wiki­data ID
Q554383
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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: “Hofsjökull”
  • Esperanto: “Hofsjökull”
  • French: “Hofsjökull”
  • Georgian: “ჰოფსიეკუდლი”
  • German: “Hofsjökull”
  • Hungarian: “Hofsjökull”
  • Icelandic: “Hofsjökull”
  • Italian: “Hofsjökull”
  • Japanese: “ホーフス氷河”
  • Korean: “호프스외퀴들”
  • Lithuanian: “Hofsjokudlis”
  • Macedonian: “Хофсјекидл”
  • Malayalam: “ഹോഫ്സ്ജോക്കുൾ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hofsjökull”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hofsjökull”
  • Norwegian: “Hofsjökull”
  • Persian: “هوفسوکول”
  • Polish: “Hofsjökull”
  • Portuguese: “Hofsjökull”
  • Russian: “Хофсйёкюдль”
  • Serbian: “Hofsjekidl”
  • Serbian: “Хофсјекидл”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hofsjökull”
  • Spanish: “Hofsjökull”
  • Swahili: “Hofsjökull”
  • Swedish: “Hofsjökull”
  • Ukrainian: “Гофсйокутль”
  • Ukrainian: “Гофсйокюдль”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہوفسیوکل”

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