Öræfajökull

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Öræfajökull is a large ice-covered stratovolcano in southeast Iceland that forms part of Vatnajökull National Park and contains the country’s highest peak.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glaciated volcano
ice-covered volcano
mountain peak
stratovolcano
contains Hvannadalshnúkur
country Iceland
Iceland
coveredBy Öræfajökull self-linksurface differs
surface form: Öræfajökull glacier
elevation 2110 m
elevationOfHighestPoint 2110 m
eruptionVEI1362 5
formedBy subglacial and subaerial eruptions
geologicalSetting Iceland hotspot
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
hasCaldera yes
hasGlacierOutlet Falljökull
Kvíárjökull
Kvíárjökull
surface form: Skálafellsjökull

Svínafellsjökull
hasHighestPoint Hvannadalshnúkur
hazardType explosive eruptions
jökulhlaups
pyroclastic flows
tephra fall
highestPointOf Iceland
isTouristDestination yes
languageOfName Icelandic
lastEruption 1727
locatedIn South Coast of Iceland
surface form: southeast Iceland
locatedInMunicipality Hornafjörður
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
South Coast of Iceland
meaningOfName wasteland glacier
monitoringAgency Icelandic Civil Protection
Icelandic Meteorological Office
mountainRange Vatnajökull ice cap
near Jökulsárlón
Vatnajökull National Park
surface form: Skaftafell

Skeiðarársandur outwash plain
surface form: Skeiðarársandur
partOf Öræfajökull volcanic system
surface form: East Volcanic Zone of Iceland

Vatnajökull National Park
Vatnajökull ice cap
previousEruption 1362
prominenceOfHighestPeak 2009 m
protectedAreaStatus national park
rockType basaltic-andesitic
volcanicZone Öræfi region
surface form: Öræfi volcanic belt
volcanoType stratovolcano

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Hvannadalshnúkur partOf Öræfajökull
Hvannadalshnúkur hasParentPeak Öræfajökull
Vatnajökull National Park contains Öræfajökull
this entity surface form: Öræfajökull volcano
Öræfajökull coveredBy Öræfajökull self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Öræfajökull glacier
Vatnajökull ice cap overliesVolcano Öræfajökull
Öræfi region contains Öræfajökull
this entity surface form: Öræfajökull volcano