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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Trölladyngja is referenced by 49 other articles, and connects out to Iceland, desert and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_scale, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Active volcanoes, Holocene shield volcanoes and Mountains of Iceland.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Þingeyjarsveit
- Elevation
- 1468
- Image
- Shield-volcano-iceland (cropped).JPG
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- Commons category
- Trölladyngja (North Iceland)
- located in/on physical feature
- Ódáðahraun
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
On the map
3 mapped locations