Ice house
An ice house or icehouse is a building used to store ice throughout the year, commonly used prior to the invention of the refrigerator. Some were underground chambers, usually man-made, located near natural sources of winter ice, such as freshwater lakes, but many were buildings with various types of insulation.
- Building
- …is also known as “Pozo de Nieve”
- Description: buildings used to store ice throughout the year, commonly used prior to the invention of the refrigerator
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Abantos and Puerto de Malagón.
Puerto de Malagón
Puerto de Malagón is a mountain saddle, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Ice house.
Library of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
The Library of the Monastery of San Lorenzo… Library of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is situated 3½ km south of Ice house.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Escorial and Peguerinos.
El Escorial
El Escorial is a municipality in the… El Escorial is situated 4½ km southeast of Ice house.
Peguerinos
Peguerinos is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. Peguerinos is situated 7 km west of Ice house.
Zarzalejo
Zarzalejo is a village in the Community of Madrid in Sierra Oeste, near El Escorial. Zarzalejo is situated 8 km south of Ice house.
Ice house
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Latitude
40.62048° or 40° 37′ 14″ north
Longitude
-4.15277° or 4° 9′ 10″ west
Open location code
8CGQJRCW+5V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=ice_house
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Ice house” goes by many names.
بيت الجليدArabic
pou de cheloAragonese
Pozo de cheloAragonese
buzxanaAzerbaijani
ElurzuloBasque
ЛядоўняBelarusian
casa de neuCatalan
cavaCatalan
neveraCatalan
pou de gelCatalan
Pou de glaçCatalan
pou de neuCatalan
pouaCatalan
冰窖Chinese
LedárnaCzech
ledovnaCzech
ishusDanish
ijshuisDutch
ijskelderDutch
IJsruimteDutch
jakĉaloEsperanto
JääkelderEstonian
Pozo de xeoGalician
Κτίρια αποθήκευσης πάγουGreek
בית קרחHebrew
jégveremHungarian
ÍshúsIcelandic
GhiacciaiaItalian
nevieraItalian
アイス・ハウスJapanese
ひむろJapanese
ゆきむろJapanese
氷室Japanese
雪室Japanese
빙실Korean
glaciariumLatin
LedainėLithuanian
GiazzeraLombard
јакчалMacedonian
ഐസ് ഹൗസ്Malayalam
IshusNorwegian
ishusNorwegian Bokmål
سردخانهPersian
یخچالPersian
LodowniaPolish
GhețărieRomanian
lehnițăRomanian
ЛедникRussian
GhiacceraSicilian
AjsszrankSilesian
ledenicaSlovenian
IskällareSwedish
ЛьодовняUkrainian
якчалUkrainian
IiskelderWestern Frisian
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