Langjökull
Langjökull is the second largest ice cap in Iceland (870 km and the ice is up to 580 m thick. The highest point of the ice cap is about 1,450 m above sea level. In the past, the largest recorded surface area was in 1840.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Langjökull
- Type: Icecap
- Description: Ice cap in Iceland
- Categories: ice cap and landform
- Location: Bláskógabyggð, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Langjökull” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Langjökull”
- Belarusian: “Лаўнгёкудль”
- Belarusian: “Ляўнгёкудль”
- Bengali: “লাংইয়োকুল”
- Bulgarian: “Лаунгийокутъл”
- Catalan: “Langjökull”
- Cebuano: “Langjökull”
- Chinese: “朗格冰原”
- Czech: “Dlouhý ledovec”
- Czech: “Langjökull”
- Dutch: “Langjokull”
- Dutch: “Langjökull”
- Esperanto: “Langjökull”
- French: “Langjokull”
- French: “Langjökull”
- Georgian: “ლაუნგიეკუდლი”
- German: “Langjökull”
- Hungarian: “Langjökull”
- Icelandic: “Langjökull”
- Italian: “Langjökull”
- Japanese: “ラゥングヨークトル”
- Japanese: “ラゥング氷河”
- Japanese: “ラング氷河”
- Lithuanian: “Laungjokudlis”
- Macedonian: “Лангјекидл”
- Malayalam: “ലാങ്ജോക്കുൾ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Langjökull”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Langjökull”
- Norwegian: “Langjökull”
- Polish: “Langjoekull”
- Polish: “Langjokull”
- Polish: “Langjökull”
- Portuguese: “Langjökull”
- Russian: “Лангйокутль”
- Russian: “Лаунгйёкудль”
- Russian: “Лаунгйёкюдль”
- Russian: “Лаундёкудль”
- Serbian: “Langjekidl”
- Serbian: “Langjökull”
- Serbian: “Лангјекидл”
- Serbian: “Лангјекул”
- Spanish: “Langjokull”
- Spanish: “Langjökull”
- Swedish: “Langjökull”
- Turkish: “Langjökull”
- Ukrainian: “Ланг’єкюдль”
- Ukrainian: “Лаунг’єкюдль”
- Vietnamese: “Langjökull”
- Western Panjabi: “لانگیوکل”
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Highlights include Nyrðri-Skriðjökull and Fremri-Skriðjökull.
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