Panoramic landscape at sunset at Hoffellsjökull outlet glacier which flows from the ice cap of Vatnajökull, with black rock carved out sides. It is lo
Panoramic landscape at sunset at Hoffellsjökull outlet glacier which flows from the ice cap of Vatnajökull, with black rock carved out sides. It is located in the municipality of Hornafjörður, southeast Iceland. Hoffellsjökull takes its name from Hoffell, a mountainous area and a farmland. Hoffellsjökull and the Hoffell area are a part of Vatnajökull National Park. The Hoffellsjökull outlet glacier was the scene of extensive research by glaciologists in the early part of the 20th century. It was also used as an access point for research on the Vatnajökull ice cap. One of the most famous expeditions was directed by the Icelandic meteorologist Jón Eyþórsson and the Swedish glaciologist Hans Wilhelmsson Ahlmann in 1936. Two geography students who accompanied them later became well known: Carl Mannerfelt in Swedish business and Sigurður Þórarinsson in Icelandic geological research.
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