Drangajökull

Drangajökull is the northernmost of , occupying the southern foothills of the Hornstrandir peninsula in the region. It covers approximately 150 km of ice—an average thinning of 8.0 metres—since around 1990, even as its surge-type outlet glaciers periodically advance.
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Latitude
66.16381° or 66° 9′ 50″ north
Longitude
-22.23884° or 22° 14′ 20″ west
Open location code
99RV5Q76+GF
Geo­Names ID
3417739
Wiki­data ID
Q555948

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Drangajökull” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “درانجايوكول”
  • Asturian: “Drangajökull”
  • Catalan: “Drangajökull”
  • Cebuano: “Drangajökull”
  • Chinese: “德朗加冰盖”
  • Chinese: “德朗加冰蓋”
  • Dutch: “Drangajökull”
  • Esperanto: “Drangajökull”
  • French: “Drangajökull”
  • Georgian: “დრაუნგაიეკუდლი”
  • German: “Drangajökull”
  • Hungarian: “Drangajökull”
  • Icelandic: “Drangajökull”
  • Indonesian: “Drangajökull”
  • Italian: “Drangajökull”
  • Japanese: “ドラゥンガヨークトル”
  • Macedonian: “Дрангајекидл”
  • Malayalam: “ഡ്രൻഗജോക്കുൾ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Drangajökull”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Drangajökull”
  • Norwegian: “Drangajökull”
  • Polish: “Drangajökull”
  • Russian: “Дрангайёкюдль”
  • Russian: “Драунгайёкюдль”
  • Serbian: “Drangajekidl”
  • Serbian: “Drangajökull”
  • Serbian: “Дрангајекидл”
  • Serbian: “Дрангајекул”
  • Spanish: “Drangajökull”
  • Swedish: “Drangajökull”
  • Turkish: “Drangajökull”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈرینگایوکل”

Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Hrolleifsborg and Jökulholt.

Westfjords: Highlights

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