Fimmvörðuháls
Fimmvörðuháls is the area between the glaciers Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull in southern Iceland. The route between Skógar and Thórsmörk goes through this pass and is one of the most popular walking routes in Iceland, despite being 22 kilometres long and involving 1,000 metres of climbing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Ridge with an elevation of 997 metres
- Description: ridge between glaciers in Iceland
- Also known as: “Fimmvorduhals”
Fimmvörðuháls
- Categories: mountain saddle, col, and landform
- Location: Rangárþing eystra, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Fimmvörðuháls” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Chinese: “菲姆沃聚豪尔斯”
- Czech: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Danish: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Dutch: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Esperanto: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- French: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- German: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Hungarian: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Icelandic: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Indonesian: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Italian: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Japanese: “フィムヴォルズハウルス”
- Macedonian: “Фимвердухалс”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Norwegian: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Russian: “Фиммвёрдюхаулс”
- Russian: “Фиммвюрдухаулс”
- Swedish: “Fimmvörðuháls”
- Vietnamese: “Fimmvörðuháls”
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