Grímsvötn
Grímsvötn is an active volcano with a fissure system located in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. The central volcano is completely subglacial and located under the northwestern side of the Vatnajökull ice cap.Photo: Roger McLassus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grímsvötn
- Type: Icecap depression with an elevation of 1,332 metres
- Description: volcano in Iceland
- Categories: mountain, caldera, Volcano, volcano, and landform
- Location: South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Grímsvötn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جريمسفونت”
- Armenian: “Գրիմսվոթն”
- Asturian: “Grímsvötn”
- Azerbaijani: “Grimsvötn”
- Azerbaijani: “Qrimsvötn”
- Basque: “Grímsvötn”
- Belarusian: “Грымсвётн”
- Belarusian: “Грымсвотн”
- Bulgarian: “Гримсвотн”
- Catalan: “Grímsvötn”
- Catalan: “Llac Grímsvötn”
- Chinese: “格里姆火山口”
- Czech: “Grimsvotn”
- Czech: “Grímsvotn”
- Czech: “Grímsvötn”
- Danish: “Grimsvötn”
- Danish: “Grimsvøtn”
- Danish: “Grímsvötn”
- Dutch: “Grimsvotn”
- Dutch: “Grimsvötn”
- Dutch: “Grímsvötn”
- Dutch: “Grinsvotn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جريمسفونت”
- Finnish: “Grimsvötn”
- Finnish: “Grímsvötn”
- French: “Grimsvoetn”
- French: “Grimsvotn”
- French: “Grimsvötn”
- French: “Grímsvotn”
- French: “Grímsvötn”
- Galician: “Grímsvötn”
- Georgian: “გრიმსვეტნი”
- Georgian: “გრიმსვოტნი”
- German: “Grimsfjall”
- German: “Grímsfjall”
- German: “Grimsvatn”
- German: “Grimsvotn”
- German: “Grimsvötn”
- German: “Grímsvötn”
- Greek: “Γκρίμσβοτν”
- Hebrew: “גרימסווטן”
- Hungarian: “Grímsvötn”
- Icelandic: “Grímsvötn”
- Indonesian: “Grimsvotn”
- Indonesian: “Grimsvötn”
- Indonesian: “Grímsvötn”
- Italian: “Grimsvötn”
- Italian: “Grímsvötn”
- Japanese: “グリームスヴォトン”
- Japanese: “グリムスヴォトン”
- Japanese: “グリムスボトン”
- Korean: “그림스보에튼 산”
- Korean: “그림스뵈튼 화산”
- Ladin: “Grímsvötn”
- Latvian: “Grimsvehtns”
- Latvian: “Grimsvetns”
- Latvian: “Grimsvotns”
- Macedonian: “Гримсветн”
- Malay: “Grimsvotn”
- Malay: “Grímsvötn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grímsvötn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grimsvötn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grímsvötn”
- Norwegian: “Grímsvötn”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grimsvotn”
- Persian: “گریمسفونت”
- Polish: “Grimsvoetn”
- Polish: “Grimsvotn”
- Polish: “Grimsvötn”
- Polish: “Grímsvötn”
- Portuguese: “Grimsvotn”
- Portuguese: “Grímsvötn”
- Romanian: “Grimsvotn”
- Romanian: “Grímsvötn”
- Russian: “Гримсвётн”
- Russian: “Гримсвотн”
- Serbian: “Grimsvetn”
- Serbian: “Гримсветн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Grímsvötn”
- Slovak: “Grímsvotn”
- Slovak: “Grímsvötn”
- Spanish: “Grimsvotn”
- Spanish: “Grimsvötn”
- Spanish: “Grímsvotn”
- Spanish: “Grímsvötn”
- Swedish: “Grimsvötn”
- Swedish: “Grímsvötn”
- Thai: “Grímsvötn”
- Thai: “กริมสวอทน์”
- Turkish: “Grímsvötn”
- Ukrainian: “Грімсвотн”
- Venetian: “Grímsvötn”
- Vietnamese: “Grímsvötn”
- Welsh: “Grímsvötn”
- Western Panjabi: “گرمزوتن”
- “Grímsvötn”
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