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Skaftafellsjökull and Öræfajökull

Panoramic afternoon view from Kristínartindar 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
- geodiversity, glacial lake, glacial processes, glacier, mountainscape, mountaintop, stratovolcano, volcanism
- Created
- Sunday 1 September 2019 by Martin Mergili in Europe / Iceland (4280 visits)