Panoramic afternoon view from Skaftafellsheiði in southeastern direction. Skaftafellsjökull, dominating the photo, is an outlet glacier of the ice cap Vatnajökull. The stratovolcano Öræfajökull appears in the background. Its summit Hvannadalshnúkur (2110 m, centre) represents the highest peak of Iceland.

Keywords

glacial lake, glacial processes, glacier, mountainscape, mountaintop, stratovolcano, volcanism

Created

Sunday 1 September 2019 by Martin Mergili in Europe / Iceland (3481 visits)