# Torfajökull

- **Country:** Iceland
- **Coordinates:** 63.916667, -19.166667
- **Age:** Pleistocene
- **Area:** 450 km2
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- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Location:** Iceland
- **Map Size:** 200
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- **Elevation M:** 1281
- **Last Eruption:** March 1477
- **Label Position:** right

The two glaciers, Torfajökull and Kaldaklofsjökull, that cover the south–eastern portions of the central volcano are regressing. In 1945 Torfajökull was in area, in 1999 , and by 2019 it was down to . It has lost 64 % of its maximum mapped area. Kaldaklofsjökull, to the west of Torfajökull has regressed even more being by 2019, 79 % of its past maximum area at only .

![Photo of Torfajökull](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Landmannalaugar_1_Iceland_zoom.jpg)

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