Hraunfossar
Hraunfossar is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 900 metres out of the Hallmundarhraun, a lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull.
- Waterfall
- …lies at an elevation of around 100 metres (320 feet)
- …stands 8 metres (26 feet) tall
- …is 1,000 metres (3,281 feet) wide
- Description: waterfall in Iceland
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Hraunfossar
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
64.70257° or 64° 42′ 9″ north
Longitude
-20.9806° or 20° 58′ 50″ west
Open location code
99PXP239+2Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway = waterfall
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Panjabi—“Hraunfossar” goes by many names.
ХраунфосарBulgarian
HraunfossarCatalan
HraunfossarCebuano
熔岩瀑布Chinese
HraunfossarCzech
HraunfossarDutch
HraunfossarHungarian
HraunfossarIcelandic
HraunfossarItalian
フロインフォッサルJapanese
HraunfossarLow German
HraunfossarNorwegian Bokmål
HraunfossarNorwegian Nynorsk
هراونفوسارPersian
HraunfossarPolish
ХраунфоссарRussian
ХрёйнфоссарRussian
HraunfossarSwedish
Hraunfossar (vattenfall i Island)Swedish
ہراؤنفوسارWestern Panjabi
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