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Eiríksjökull

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Elevation
  
1,675 m

Prominence
  
1,015 m

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Hofsjökull, Tindfjallajökull, Öræfajökull, Torfajökull, Prestahnúkur

Eiríksjökull (Icelandic for "Eirík's glacier") is a glacier north-west of Langjökull in Iceland, with an area of 22 km2 (8.5 sq mi) reaching a height of 1,675 m (5,495 ft), making it the largest table mountain in Iceland. Rising over 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above its surrounding, the lowest 350 m (1,150 ft) of a hyaloclastite (móberg) tuya formed presumably by a single subglacial volcanic activity is capped by a 750 m (2,460 ft) thick lava shield. It is currently dormant or extinct in terms of volcanic activity.

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Eiríksjökull Wikipedia