Hengill

Hengill is a volcanic table mountain situated in the south-west of , to the south of . The volcano is still active, as evidenced by its numerous hot springs and fumaroles, but the last eruption occurred approximately 2,000 years ago, before the settlement of Iceland.
Wikipedia
Photo: Reykholt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station.

Power station
Photo: Fir0002, Public domain.
The is the second-largest geothermal power station in .

Hengill

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Latitude
64.08385° or 64° 5′ 2″ north
Longitude
-21.31616° or 21° 18′ 58″ west
Open location code
99PW3MMM+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 285920194
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3416419
Wiki­data ID
Q1413846

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Hengill” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Hengill”
  • Basque: “Hengill”
  • Belarusian: “Вулкан Хенгідль”
  • Belarusian: “Гэнгідль”
  • Belarusian: “Хенгідль”
  • Bulgarian: “Хенгил”
  • Catalan: “Hengill”
  • Cebuano: “Hengill”
  • Chinese: “亨吉德山”
  • Danish: “Hengill”
  • Dutch: “Hengill”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هينجيل”
  • French: “Hengill”
  • German: “Hengill”
  • Greek: “Χέινκιλ”
  • Icelandic: “Hengill”
  • Italian: “Hengill”
  • Japanese: “ヘインギットル”
  • Korean: “헤잉기들 산”
  • Korean: “헤잉기들산”
  • Ladin: “Hengill”
  • Macedonian: “Хенгил”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hengill”
  • Persian: “هنگیل”
  • Polish: “Hengill”
  • Russian: “Хейнгидль”
  • Russian: “Хенгидль”
  • Spanish: “Hengill”
  • Swedish: “Hengill”
  • Ukrainian: “Генгітль”
  • Ukrainian: “Генґітль”
  • Venetian: “Hengill”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہینگل”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Skeggi and Nesjaskyggnir.

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