# Öræfajökull

- **Country:** Iceland
- **Coordinates:** 64.000000, -16.650000
- **Age:** Pleistocene
- **Area:** 400 km2
- **Text:** Topographic features of Öræfajökull. The approximate outline of the central volcano is outlined in red with caldera features in red shading. White/blue shading show glacier features relevant to jökulhlaup risk. The peak Hvannadalshnúkur has a marker. More detail or zoom out to show other volcanoes in the Öræfi volcanic belt (brown shading) is available on clicking the image to enable mouse-over.
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Volume:** 300 km3
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- **Location:** Iceland
- **Elevation:** 2109.6 m at Hvannadalshnúkur
- **Prominence:** 2109.6 m at Hvannadalshnúkur
- **Elevation M:** 2109.6
- **Last Eruption:** 3 August 1727 to May 1728

The original Norse settlers named the volcano Knappafellsjǫkull (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: Hnappafellsjökull ; 'knobs mountain glacier'). The current name, Öræfajökull, was eventually adopted after the 1362 eruption.

![Photo of Öræfajökull](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/%C3%96r%C3%A6faj%C3%B6kull_-_Mapillary_%28520905752282052%29.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Öræfajökull (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)