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Location of Snæfellsnes in Iceland. The Snæfellsnes (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈs(t)naiːˌfɛlsˌnɛːs] ⓘ) is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland.
for the central volcanoes and their fissure fields (paler shading). Otherwise the map is complimentary to data files Wikipedia:Map data/Askja,Wikipedia:Map data/Katla,Wikipedia:Map data/Hengill,Wikipedia:Map data/Grímsvötn, Wikipedia:Map data/Öræfi volcanic belt, Wikipedia:Map data/Hofsjökull, and intended data file Wikipedia:Map data/Vatnajökull which may abstract out glacial data.
Snæfellsjökull (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈs(t)naiːˌfɛlsˌjœːkʏtl̥] ⓘ, snow-fell glacier) is a 700,000-year-old glacier-capped stratovolcano in western Iceland. [3]
Helgrindur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛlˌkrɪntʏr̥], also known as Lýsuskarð, Lysuhóll or Lysukard) [2] [3] is a volcanic mountain range or massif in the middle of the Snæfellsnes peninsula that provides a backdrop to the port of Grundarfjörður.
The volcanic system has a length of about 90 km (56 mi) and a maximum width at its eastern end of about 20 km (12 mi). [1] The north-western part of the Ljósufjöll volcanic system has hyaloclastite hills and lava flows about 3–6 km (1.9–3.7 mi) wide. [1]
Kirkjufell contains volcanic rock but is not itself a volcano.It is a nunatak, a mountain that protruded above the glaciers surrounding it during the Ice Age, and before that was part of what was once the area's strata.
Helgafell (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛlkaˌfɛtl̥] ⓘ, "holy mountain") is a small mountain on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula of Iceland.The mountain is 73 metres (240 ft) high.
Hellissandur at Snæfellsnes Peninsula. Hellissandur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛtlɪsˌsantʏr̥]) is a village and part of the Snæfellsbær municipality at the northwestern tip of Snæfellsnes peninsula in western Iceland.