Trölladyngja
Sign in to saveSituated in the Ódáðahraun lava field, Trölladyngja () is the biggest of the Icelandic shield volcanoes, reaching a height of above sea level, and rising almost above the surrounding desert and lava fields. It part of the Bárðarbunga volcanic system and has a volume of with some extensive lava flows to the north of Bárðarbunga.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Trölladyngja
- Mountain.photo
- Shield-volcano-iceland (cropped).JPG
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1460
- Mountain.map
- Iceland
- Mountain.map_size
- 200
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.location
- Iceland
- Mountain.type
- shield volcano
- Mountain.last_eruption
- less than 4,500 years ago
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Situated in the Ódáðahraun lava field, Trölladyngja () is the biggest of the Icelandic shield volcanoes, reaching a height of above sea level, and rising almost above the surrounding desert and lava fields. It part of the Bárðarbunga volcanic system and has a volume of with some extensive lava flows to the north of Bárðarbunga.
It is about in diameter and its inclination is 4 to 5° in the lower slopes, but 6 to 8° at higher elevations. Its oblong crater is about in length, broad, and about deep.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trölladyngja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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