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Table 2: Selected Iceland Glaciers Name Alternative Names (italics if historic) [13] Glacier type Area in 1945 – 1946 (km 2) [3]: Table 2 Other area (km 2) Other year Area in 2019 (km 2) [3] Loss 2019 from max. area [3] Ice cap grouping Recent surges [2]: 377 Location [14] Vatnajökull: Austurjökular, Austurjökull, Grímsvatnajökull ...
Vatnajökull has around 30 outlet glaciers flowing from the ice cap. The Icelandic term for glacier is "jökull", and so is the term for outlet glacier. Given below is a list of outlet glaciers flowing from Vatnajökull, sorted by the four administrative territories of Vatnajökull National Park. [16] [17] This is not a complete list. Southern ...
From an ice-dammed marginal lakes such as when an outlet glacier closes off an ice-free side valley. Grænalón was a former example of such a lake. From a supraglacial lake formed by accumulation of melt water in a depression on the surface of the glacier. Such jökulhlaups tend to be small in Iceland; From a subglacial lake.
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Its source is the Vatnajökull glacier. It flows into the Greenland Sea. Jökulsá á Fjöllum streams over the waterfalls Selfoss, Dettifoss, Hafragilsfoss, and Réttarfoss , the second of which is the most powerful waterfall in Europe. [1] The source of the river is in the Vatnajökull National Park, one of
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Ásbyrgi (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈausˌpɪrcɪ]) is a glacial canyon and forest in the north of Iceland, located approximately 38 kilometres (24 mi) east of Húsavík on the Diamond Circle road. The horseshoe-shaped depression is part of the Vatnajökull National Park and measures approximately 3.5 km in length and over 1 km wide. [ 1 ]
Grímsvötn (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkrimsˌvœhtn̥] ⓘ; [2] vötn = "waters", singular: vatn) is an active volcano with a (partially subglacial) fissure system located in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. The central volcano is completely subglacial and located under the northwestern side of the Vatnajökull ice cap.