Herðubreið

Herðubreið

Infobox Mountain
Name=Herðubreið
Photo=Herðubreið-Iceland-2.jpg
Caption=
Elevation=1,682 metres (5,518 feet)
Location=Eastern Iceland
Range=
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|65|10|N|16|20|W|type:mountain_region:CA
Topographic

Type=Tuya
Age=Pleistocene
Last eruption=Pleistocene
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Herðubreið is a tuya in north-east Iceland at coord|65|10|44.06|N|16|20|50.36|W|. It is situated in the Highlands of Iceland in the midst of the "Ódáðahraun" desert and close to Askja volcano. The desert is a large lava field originating from eruptions of "Trölladyngja". Herðubreið originally sat beneath Vatnajökull glacier, which was much larger during the last ice age.

Due to the mountain's steep and unstable sides, the first ascent was in 1908 despite centuries of knowledge of its existence.

Near the mountain lies an oasis called "Herðubreiðarlindir" with a camp ground and hiking trails. In former times, outcasts who had been excluded from Icelandic society because of crimes they had committed lived at the oasis.

ee also

*Geography of Iceland
*List of volcanoes in Iceland
*Volcanoes of Iceland

External links

*http://gis.bofh.is/ornefnaskra/ (search engine and map of Iceland)

-

* http://isafold.de/lonsoraefi98/img_herdubreid.htm (Photo)
* http://isafold.de/panorama/panoram.htm (via "Askja")
* http://www.listasafn.is/safn_asgrims/as_staekkanir/herdubreid.htm (painting by A. Jónsson)

- Volcanism:
*http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_herdubreid.html


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