Snæfellsjökull glacier

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Snæfellsjökull glacier is a prominent glacier-capped stratovolcano on Iceland’s Snæfellsnes Peninsula, famed for its striking scenery and as the setting of Jules Verne’s "Journey to the Center of the Earth."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Snæfellsjökull 7
Snæfellsjökull glacier canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
subglacial volcano ⓘ
appearsIn Journey to the Center of the Earth ⓘ
composition basalt ⓘ
intermediate volcanic rocks ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
describedBy Jules Verne ⓘ
elevation 1446 m ⓘ
4744 ft ⓘ
geologicalAge Pleistocene ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene epoch
hasCoordinateApprox 64.8°N 23.8°W ⓘ
hasCrater central crater ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance Icelandic folklore ⓘ
esoteric and New Age beliefs ⓘ
hasFeature summit caldera ⓘ
hasGlacier Snæfellsjökull glacier ⓘ
hasGlacierAreaTrend shrinking ⓘ
hasNameMeaning Snow mountain glacier ⓘ
hasSummitIceCap Snæfellsjökull glacier ⓘ
isCappedBy Snæfellsjökull glacier ⓘ
isFamousFor glacier-capped summit ⓘ
role in literature ⓘ
striking scenery ⓘ
isSettingFor Journey to the Center of the Earth ⓘ
isTouristAttraction true ⓘ
isVisibleFrom Faxaflói Bay ⓘ
Reykjavík on clear days ⓘ
lastEruption Holocene ⓘ
circa 200 CE ⓘ
locatedIn Snæfellsjökull National Park ⓘ
Western Region of Iceland ⓘ
linked to: West Iceland
locatedNear Hellnar ⓘ
town of Arnarstapi ⓘ
town of Ólafsvík ⓘ
locatedOn Reykjanes Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Snæfellsnes Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Icelandic volcanic system ⓘ
Snæfellsjökull National Park ⓘ
photoSubjectOf Icelandic tourism promotion ⓘ
popularFor glacier tours ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ
prominence 1446 m ⓘ
protectedSince 2001 ⓘ
volcanoType stratovolcano ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Faxaflói Bay → hasViewOf → Snæfellsjökull glacier ⓘ
Snæfellsjökull National Park → hasHighestPoint → Snæfellsjökull ⓘ
linked to: Snæfellsjökull glacier
Snæfellsjökull National Park → contains → Snæfellsjökull ⓘ
linked to: Snæfellsjökull glacier
Snæfellsjökull National Park → contains → Snæfellsjökull glacier ⓘ
Snæfellsjökull National Park → hasMainAttraction → Snæfellsjökull glacier ⓘ
Snæfellsjökull → hasSummitIceCap → Snæfellsjökull glacier ⓘ
subject linked to: Snæfellsjökull glacier
Snæfellsjökull → isCappedBy → Snæfellsjökull glacier ⓘ
subject linked to: Snæfellsjökull glacier
Faxaflói → near → Snæfellsjökull ⓘ
subject linked to: "Faxa’s Bay" in Icelandic
linked to: Snæfellsjökull glacier
Snæfellsnes Peninsula → contains → Snæfellsjökull ⓘ
linked to: Snæfellsjökull glacier
Snæfellsnes Peninsula → hasHighestPoint → Snæfellsjökull ⓘ
linked to: Snæfellsjökull glacier
West Iceland → hasVolcano → Snæfellsjökull ⓘ
linked to: Snæfellsjökull glacier
West Iceland → hasGlacier → Snæfellsjökull ⓘ
linked to: Snæfellsjökull glacier