Skjaldbreiður

Skjaldbreiður is an Icelandic lava shield formed in an eruption series roughly 9,500 years ago. The extensive lava fields produced by this eruption flowed southwards and formed the basin of , Iceland's largest lake, and , the "Parliament Plains", where the Icelandic national assembly, the Alþing, was founded in 930.
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Skjaldbreiður

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Latitude
64.40924° or 64° 24′ 33″ north
Longitude
-20.75182° or 20° 45′ 7″ west
Open location code
99PXC65X+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 280774161
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3413328
Wiki­data ID
Q1480510

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Skjaldbreiður” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Skjaldbreiður sumendia”
  • Basque: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Catalan: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Cebuano: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Dutch: “Skjaldbreidur”
  • Dutch: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • French: “Skjaldbreidur”
  • French: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • German: “Skjaldbreidur”
  • German: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Icelandic: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Indonesian: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Japanese: “スキャルドブレイズゥル”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skjaldbreidur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Norwegian: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Polish: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Russian: “Скьяльдбрейдюр”
  • Spanish: “Skjaldbreidur”
  • Spanish: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Swedish: “Skaldbreidur”
  • Swedish: “Skaldbreiður”
  • Swedish: “Skjaldbreiður”
  • Ukrainian: “Ск’ялдбрейдур”
  • Western Panjabi: “سکیالڈبرائیڈر”

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