Key facts
- Glacier.terminus
- From due north clockwise Austari-Jökulsárjökull, Illviðrajökull, Löngukvíslarjökull, Miklafellsjökull, Háöldujökull, Þjórsárjökull, Rótarjökull, Múlajökull, Nauthagajökull, Miklukvíslarjökull, Blautkvíslarjökull, Þverfellsjökull, Brattöldujökull, Blágnípujökull, Blöndujökull, Kvíslajökull, Álftabrekkujökull, Sátujökull, Lambahraunsjökull, and Tvífellsjökull outlet glaciers
- Glacier.status
- Retreating
- Glacier.location
- Southwestern Iceland
- Glacier.mapframe
- no
- Glacier.map_caption
- Map of Hofsjökull glacier showing its named glacial catchments (light grey shading with white outline). Clicking on the map to enlarge it enables mouse over that allows identification of individual named glacial catchments in Iceland.
- Glacier.name
- Hofsjökull
- Glacier.image
- Hofsjökull.jpeg
- Glacier.caption
- Satellite image of Hofsjökull.
- Glacier.type
- Ice cap
- Glacier.thickness
- up to
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thumb|right|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", ) is the third largest ice cap in Iceland after Vatnajökull and Langjökull and covers the largest active central volcano in the country, which has the same name. 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.
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