Vífilsfell

Vífilsfell

"Vífilsfell directly overlies" a tuya, called "Northern Bláfjöll" by Hamilton "and encompasses a conical mound of palagonite with isolated welded scoria, volcanic bombs, dikes with pillowed surfaces, and peripheral slump deposit". (C.W.Hamilton, 2004)

Details

Age
Pleistocene (Weichselian)
Type
Subglacial mound
Range
Bláfjöll
Language
Icelandic
Location
Iceland
Map Size
200
Map Relief
1
Elevation M
655
Translation
Mountain of Vífill
Prominence M
400-450
Easiest Route
from the ridge between Jósepsdalur and the Hringvegur
Elevation Ref
(Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. Reykjavík 1989, p. 834)
Last Eruption
Pleistocene (Weichselian)
Label Position
right
Prominence Ref
(Snæbjörn Guðmundsson, Vegvísir um Jardfræði Íslands. Reykjavík 2015, p.50)