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.
- Icecap depression with an elevation of around 1,730 metres (5,660 feet)
- Description: volcano in Iceland
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Latitude
64.41315° or 64° 24′ 47″ north
Longitude
-17.33993° or 17° 20′ 24″ west
Open location code
9CP4CM76+72
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Grímsvötn” goes by many names.
جريمسفونتArabic
ԳրիմսվոթնArmenian
GrímsvötnAsturian
GrimsvötnAzerbaijani
QrimsvötnAzerbaijani
GrímsvötnBasque
ГрымсвётнBelarusian
ГрымсвотнBelarusian
ГримсвотнBulgarian
GrímsvötnCatalan
Llac GrímsvötnCatalan
格里姆火山口Chinese
GrímsvötnCzech
GrímsvötnDanish
GrímsvötnDutch
GrinsvotnDutch
جبل جريمسفونتEgyptian Arabic
GrímsvötnFinnish
GrímsvötnGalician
გრიმსვეტნიGeorgian
გრიმსვოტნიGeorgian
ΓκρίμσβοτνGreek
גרימסווטןHebrew
GrímsvötnHungarian
GrímsvötnIcelandic
GrímsvötnIndonesian
GrímsvötnItalian
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Japanese
그림스보에튼 산Korean
그림스뵈튼 화산Korean
GrímsvötnLadin
GrimsvehtnsLatvian
GrimsvetnsLatvian
GrimsvotnsLatvian
ГримсветнMacedonian
GrímsvötnMalay
GrímsvötnNorwegian
GrímsvötnNorwegian Bokmål
GrímsvötnNorwegian Nynorsk
GrimsvotnOccitan (post 1500)
گریمسفونتPersian
GrimsvoetnPolish
GrímsvötnPolish
GrímsvötnRomanian
ГримсвётнRussian
ГримсвотнRussian
GrimsvetnSerbian
ГримсветнSerbian
GrímsvötnSerbo-Croatian
GrímsvötnSlovak
GrímsvötnSwedish
GrímsvötnThai
กริมสวอทน์Thai
GrímsvötnTurkish
ГрімсвотнUkrainian
GrímsvötnVenetian
GrímsvötnVietnamese
GrímsvötnWelsh
گرمزوتنWestern Panjabi
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