Traveling Luck for Skaftafellsjökull (IC06), Iceland

Alternatively known as Skaftafells Glacier

• Explore around Skaftafellsjokull?
• Wikipedia near Skaftafellsjokull
• Where to stay near Skaftafellsjökull

Weather near Skaftafellsjökull Last report from Akurnes, 89km away

mountain an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.

• Hafrafell (2.6km)
• Hrútsfjall (5.1km)
• Miðfell (8.5km)
• Hvannadalshnúkur (10.9km)
• Rótarfjall (14km)
• Slaga (14.5km)
• Goðafjall (15.2km)
• Hrútsfjall (15.6km)
• Hofsfjall (17.8km)
• Ærfjall (19.7km)
• Bleikafjall (19.9km)

peak a pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature.

• Kristínartindur (2.1km)
• Skarðatindur (4km)
• Skarðatindur (5.8km)
• Miðfellstindur (8.5km)
• Þuríðartindur (12.5km)
• Krossgilstindur (12.8km)
• Rótarfjallshnúkur (14.8km)
• Færinestindar (15km)
• Knappar (15.4km)

glacier(s) a mass of ice, usually at high latitudes or high elevations, with sufficient thickness to flow away from the source area in lobes, tongues, or masses.

• Skaftafellsjökull (0km)
• Morsárjökull (4.2km)
• Svínafellsjökull (4.2km)
• Falljökull (10.6km)
• Skeiðarárjökull (18.9km)

populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.

• Skaftafell (7.1km)
• Svínafell (8km)
• Sandfell (14.3km)
• Hof (18.2km)

Accommodation around Skaftafellsjökull

Fosshotel Skaftafell Freysnesi - Öræfi, Skaftafell

valley an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream.

• Morsáldalur (6.3km)
• Hvannadalur (7.2km)
• Norðurdalur (11km)

hill a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

• Skerholt (6.1km)
• Skerhóll (15km)
• Háalda (20.4km)

pass a break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap].

• Sveltaskarð (4.3km)
• Tjaldskarð (11.3km)
• Hermannaskarð (11.5km)

ridge(s) a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest.

• Krossgilsegg (12.1km)
• Færineseggjar (14.8km)
• Máfabyggðir (17.9km)

heath an upland moor or sandy area dominated by low shrubby vegetation including heather.

• Skaftafellsheiði (4.7km)
• Svínafellsheiði (6.1km)
• Sandfellsheiði (12.4km)

stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.

• Veitubakkalækur (15.6km)
• Kotá (20.1km)

farm a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture.

• Stekkjartún (8km)

promontory(-ies) a bluff or prominent hill overlooking or projecting into a lowland.

• Stórhöfði (17km)

park an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.

• Skaftafell (14.9km)

icecap a dome-shaped mass of glacial ice covering an area of mountain summits or other high lands; smaller than an ice sheet.

• Öræfajökull (12.1km)

forest(s) an area dominated by tree vegetation.

• Bæjarstaðaskógur (7.1km)

mountains a mountain range or a group of mountains or high ridges.

• Skaftafellsfjöll (10.1km)

slope(s) a surface with a relatively uniform slope angle.

• Skorar (4.7km)

headwaters the source and upper part of a stream, including the upper drainage basin.

• Kjósarbotn (10.9km)

sand area a tract of land covered with sand.

• Svartijökull (17.8km)

administrative division an administrative division of a country, undifferentiated as to administrative level.

• Hofshreppur (6.4km)

peaks pointed elevations atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic features.

• Hrutsfjallstindar (5.1km)

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Háasker (19.9km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• Hellar (2.1km)

cliff(s) a high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area.

• Sléttubjargir (19.3km)

lake a large inland body of standing water.

• Langagilslón (13.8km)

Airports close to Skaftafellsjökull