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Hornafjörður

Esjufjöll

The subglacial Esjufjöll volcano is located in the south-east part of the icecap. Esjufjöll is a strict nature reserve.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,069 metres
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: “Esjafjöll”, “Esju Mountains”, and “Snaehetta”

Esjufjöll

Latitude
64.2659° or 64° 15′ 57″ north
Longitude
-16.64566° or 16° 38′ 44″ west
Elevation
1,069 metres (3,507 feet)
Open location code
9CP57983+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1800827227
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
2632037
Wiki­data ID
Q1367704
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Satellite Map

Discover Esjufjöll from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Esjufjöll” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Esjufjöll”
  • Catalan: “Esjufjöll”
  • Cebuano: “Esjufjöll”
  • Chinese: “埃休山”
  • Dutch: “Esjufjöll”
  • French: “Esjufjoll”
  • French: “Esjufjöll”
  • German: “Esja (Esjufjöll)”
  • German: “Esjufjöll”
  • Icelandic: “Esjufjöll”
  • Italian: “Esjufjöll”
  • Japanese: “エーシュフィヨットル”
  • Ladin: “Esjufjöll”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Esjufjöll”
  • Polish: “Esjufjoell”
  • Polish: “Esjufjoll”
  • Polish: “Esjufjöll”
  • Spanish: “Esjufjöll”
  • Swedish: “Esjufjöll”
  • Ukrainian: “Підльодовиковий вулкан Есьюф’єлль”
  • Venetian: “Esjufjöll”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Esjufjöll”. Photo: rheins, CC BY 3.0.