Snæfellsjökull

Snæfellsjökull is a 700,000-year-old -capped stratovolcano in western Iceland. It is situated on the westernmost part of the peninsula.
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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 Arnarstapi.

Photo: Markus Trienke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a national park located on the tip of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in . 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.

Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
, often called Stapi, is a small fishing and tourism village on the southern coast of the in . It lies beneath the distinctive mountain Stapafell, close to , and is best known for its basalt sea cliffs, natural rock arches, seabird colonies and coastal walking trail to Hellnar.

Hamlet
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is an ancient fishing , a cluster of old houses and buildings situated close to on the westernmost part of the peninsula, . is situated 9 km southeast of Snæfellsjökull.

Snæfellsjökull

Latitude
64.81104° or 64° 48′ 40″ north
Longitude
-23.769° or 23° 46′ 8″ west
Elevation
1,062 metres (3,484 feet)
Open location code
99PRR66J+C9
Geo­Names ID
3413201
Wiki­data ID
Q1315012
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Snæfellsjökull” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Asturian: “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: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Czech: “Snæffelsjökull”
  • Danish: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal park Snaefellsjokull”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal park Snæfellsjökull”
  • Dutch: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Dutch: “Snaefelsjokull”
  • Dutch: “Snæfelsjökull”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سنايفيلسچوكول”
  • Esperanto: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Finnish: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • French: “Snaefellsjökull”
  • French: “Snæfellsjokull”
  • French: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • French: “Snefells Jökel”
  • French: “Sneffels”
  • Galician: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Georgian: “სნაიფედლსიეკუდლი”
  • Georgian: “სნაიფედლსიოკიუდლი”
  • German: “Snaefellsjökull”
  • German: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Hebrew: “סנייפלסיוקוטל”
  • 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: “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: “Snæfellsjokull”
  • Spanish: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Swahili: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Swedish: “Snæfell”
  • Swedish: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Swedish: “Sneffels”
  • Turkish: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Ukrainian: “Снайфетльсйокутль”
  • Ukrainian: “Снайфетльсйокюдль”
  • Venetian: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Vietnamese: “Snæfellsjökull”
  • Western Panjabi: “سنوفلیوکل”
  • “Snaefellsjokull”

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