Skjaldbreiður
Skjaldbreiður is an Icelandic lava shield formed in a huge and quite protracted eruption series from about roughly 9,500 years ago. The extensive lava fields which were produced by this eruption, flowed southwards, and formed the basin of Þingvallavatn, Iceland's largest lake, and Þingvellir, the "Parliament Plains" where the Icelandic national assembly, the Alþing was founded in 930.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Skjaldbreiður
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,060 metres
- Description: volcano in Iceland
- Categories: shield volcano and landform
- Location: Bláskógabyggð, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.40924° or 64° 24′ 33″ northLongitude
-20.75182° or 20° 45′ 7″ westElevation
1,060 metres (3,478 feet)Open location code
99PXC65X+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 280774161OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Skjaldbreiður from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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