Okjökull
Okjökull was a glacier in western Iceland on top of the shield volcano Ok. Ok is located north-east of Reykjavík. The glacier was declared dead in 2014 by glaciologist Oddur Sigurðsson due to its loss of thickness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,113 metres
- Description: former glacier in Iceland
- Also known as: “Ok”, “Ok glacier”, and “OK MOUNTAIN”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Ok (volcano).
Ok (volcano)
Peak
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Ok is a shield volcano in Iceland, to the west of Langjökull. It erupted during interglacials in the Pleistocene, and is in proximity to the Prestahnúkur and Oddnýjarhnjúkur-Langjökull volcanic systems.
Okjökull
- Categories: glacier and landform
- Location: Borgarbyggð, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Okjökull from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Okjökull” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Okyyokyudl”
- Chinese: “奥克冰川”
- Chinese: “歐克冰川”
- Czech: “Okjökull”
- Estonian: “Okjökull”
- Finnish: “Okjökull”
- French: “Okjökull”
- German: “Okjökull”
- Hungarian: “Okjökull”
- Icelandic: “Ok”
- Icelandic: “Okjökull”
- Japanese: “オクヨクットル”
- Latin: “Okjökull”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Okjökull”
- Norwegian: “Okjökull”
- Polish: “Okjökull”
- Portuguese: “Geleira Okjökull”
- Portuguese: “Okjökull”
- Spanish: “Okjökull”
- Tagalog: “Glasyer ng Okjökull”
- Vietnamese: “Okjökull”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vinnumannahnúkur and Oköxl.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Okjökull”. Photo: Reykholt, CC BY-SA 4.0.