Английская Википедия:Hofsjökull

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Шаблон:Short description (Note: There are two glaciers named Hofsjökull in Iceland . One is its own large glacier shield right in the geographical center of the country, the second is a former side glacier of Vatnajökull .)


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Файл:Hofsjökull from Nýi-Dalur july 2005.JPG
The picture shows Arnarfell hiðmikla (Great Eagle Mountain) in the middle, Múlajökull glacier to the left and Þjórsárjökull glacier to the right.

Hofsjökull (Icelandic: "temple glacier", Шаблон:IPA-is) is the third largest ice cap in Iceland after Vatnajökull and Langjökull and the largest active volcano in the country.[1] It is situated in the west of the Highlands of Iceland and north of the mountain range Kerlingarfjöll, between the two largest glaciers of Iceland. It covers an area of 925 km2, reaching Шаблон:Convert at its summit.[2] The subglacial volcano is a shield type with caldera.[3]

Hofsjökull is the source of several rivers including the Þjórsá, Iceland's longest river.[4]

In 2015, Hofsjökull increased in mass, the first time in 20 years this had happened.[5]

Disambiguation note

In the southeast of Iceland, between the easternmost glacier tongue of Vatnajökull (Axajökull) and Þrándarjökull, there is a smaller glacier (area about 4 km2), which is also called Hofsjökull.Шаблон:Citation needed


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  1. Thordarson & Hoskuldsson, p. 72
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  3. Thordarson & Hoskuldsson, p. 29
  4. Thordarson & Hoskuldsson, p. 83
  5. Шаблон:Cite web