Snæfellsjökull
Snæfellsjökull is a 700,000-year-old glacier-capped stratovolcano in western Iceland. It is situated on the westernmost part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Icecap
- Description: mountain in Iceland
- Also known as: “Snæffellsjökull” and “Snafellsjokull”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Snæfellsjökull National Park and Stapi.
Snæfellsjökull National Park
Photo: Markus Trienke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snæfellsjökull National Park is a national park located on the tip of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in West Iceland. The park is home to the ice-covered volcanic crater that was the setting for Jules Verne's book Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Stapi
Hamlet
Arnarstapi or Stapi is a small fishing and tourist village at the foot of Mt. Stapafell between Hellnar village and Breiðavík farms on the southern side of Snæfellsnes, Iceland. Stapi is situated 8 km southeast of Snæfellsjökull.
Hellnar
Hamlet
Hellnar is an ancient fishing village, a cluster of old houses and buildings situated close to Arnarstapi on the westernmost part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, Iceland. Hellnar is situated 9 km southeast of Snæfellsjökull.
Snæfellsjökull
- Categories: mountain, ice cap, volcano, and landform
- Location: Snæfellsbær, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Snæfellsjökull” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Snaefellsjokull”
- Afrikaans: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Basque: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Belarusian: “Снайфедльсёкюдль”
- Belarusian: “Снайфэдльсёкюдль”
- Bulgarian: “Снайфедлсйокудъл”
- Catalan: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Cebuano: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Chinese: “斯奈山”
- Chinese: “斯奈山冰盖”
- Chinese: “斯奈山冰蓋”
- Czech: “Snaefellsjokull”
- Czech: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Czech: “Snæffelsjökull”
- Danish: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park Snaefellsjokull”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park Snæfellsjökull”
- Dutch: “Snaefellsjokull”
- Dutch: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Dutch: “Snaefelsjokull”
- Dutch: “Snæfelsjökull”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سنايفيلسچوكول”
- Esperanto: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Finnish: “Snæfellsjökull”
- French: “Snaefellsjokull”
- French: “Snaefellsjökull”
- French: “Snæfellsjokull”
- French: “Snæfellsjökull”
- French: “Snefells Jökel”
- French: “Sneffels”
- Galician: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Georgian: “სნაიფედლსიეკუდლი”
- Georgian: “სნაიფედლსიოკიუდლი”
- German: “Snaefellsjökull”
- German: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Icelandic: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Indonesian: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Italian: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Italian: “Sneffels”
- Japanese: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Japanese: “スナイフェルスヨークトル”
- Japanese: “スナイフェルス氷河”
- Korean: “스나이펠스외쿨”
- Ladin: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Latvian: “Snaifelsjokuls”
- Luxembourgish: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Macedonian: “Снајфедлсјекидл”
- Malayalam: “സ്നീഫെൽസ്ജോക്കുൾ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Snæfjellsjøkelen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Norwegian: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Persian: “اسنوفولگلیسیا”
- Polish: “Snaefellsjokull”
- Polish: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Portuguese: “Sneffels”
- Quechua: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Romansh: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Russian: “Снайфедльс-Йокуль”
- Russian: “Снайфедльсйёкюдль”
- Russian: “Снайфедльсйокуль”
- Serbian: “Снајфелсјекидл”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Slovenian: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Spanish: “Glaciar de Snaefell”
- Spanish: “Glaciar de Snæfell”
- Spanish: “Snaefellsjokull”
- Spanish: “Snæfellsjokull”
- Spanish: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Swahili: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Swedish: “Snæfell”
- Swedish: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Swedish: “Sneffels”
- Turkish: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Ukrainian: “Снайфетльсйокутль”
- Venetian: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Vietnamese: “Snæfellsjökull”
- Western Panjabi: “سنوفلیوکل”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Þríhyrningur and Jökulþúfur.
West Iceland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Borgarnes, Stykkishólmur, Hellissandur, and Snæfellsjökull National Park.
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