Langjökull glacier

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Langjökull glacier is one of Iceland’s largest ice caps, known for feeding nearby lakes and fissures with clear glacial meltwater and for its extensive ice caves and snow-covered landscapes.

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Langjökull glacier canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier
ice cap
accessPoint Gullfoss area NERFINISHED
Húsafell NERFINISHED
affectedBy climate change
area approximately 900–1000 square kilometres
approximately 950 square kilometres
climateType subarctic
continent Europe
country Iceland
drainsTo Blanda river system NERFINISHED
Borgarfjörður region rivers
Hvítá river system
etymology name means "long glacier" in Icelandic
feature crevasses
extensive ice caves
man-made ice tunnel
natural ice caves
outlet glaciers
feeds fissures with glacial meltwater
nearby lakes
formationProcess accumulation of snow and ice over thousands of years
geologicalSetting on a volcanic zone
on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
highestElevation about 1450 metres above sea level
highestPoint Baldjökull area
hydrologicalRole important freshwater source in western Iceland
languageOfName Icelandic
length about 50 kilometres
locatedIn Iceland NERFINISHED
Icelandic Highlands NERFINISHED
western Iceland
near Húsafell NERFINISHED
Kaldidalur highland road NERFINISHED
Þingvellir region NERFINISHED
overlies Hofsjökull–Langjökull volcanic area NERFINISHED
Prestahnúkur volcanic system NERFINISHED
active volcanic systems
partOf Icelandic ice caps
rankByAreaInIceland second-largest ice cap in Iceland
status retreating glacier
surfaceFeature snow-covered landscapes
surfaceType ice
tourismActivity glacier hiking
glacier snowmobiling
ice cave tours
super jeep tours
trend losing mass and shrinking in area
waterType clear glacial meltwater
width about 15–20 kilometres

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Silfra fissure waterSource Langjökull glacier