Grænalón
Grænalón was one of the glacial lakes of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull. It was situated in the south of Iceland. Its surface measured 18 km2 during the 20th Century.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake
- Also known as: “Granalon”
Grænalón
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.16959° or 64° 10′ 11″ north
Longitude
-17.3848° or 17° 23′ 5″ west
Elevation
568 metres (1,864 feet)
Open location code
9CP45J98+R3
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Grænalón” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grænalón”
- Chuvash: “Граналоун”
- Dutch: “Grænalón”
- Esperanto: “Grænalón”
- French: “Grænalón”
- Georgian: “გრანალოუნი”
- German: “Grænalón”
- Icelandic: “Grænalón”
- Italian: “Grænalón”
- Japanese: “グライナロゥン湖”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grænalón”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grænalón”
- Norwegian: “Grænalón”
- Polish: “Grænalón”
- Portuguese: “Lago Grænalón”
- Russian: “Грайналоун”
- Russian: “Граналоун”
- Swedish: “Grænalón”
- Turkish: “Grænalón”
- Ukrainian: “Грайналон”
- Ukrainian: “Ґрайналоун”
- Venetian: “Grænalón”
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Places to explore: Skaftafell and Vatnajökull National Park.
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