Langjökull glacier

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Langjökull glacier is one of Iceland’s largest ice caps, known for feeding nearby lakes and fissures with clear glacial meltwater and for its extensive ice caves and snow-covered landscapes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Langjökull glacier canonical 2
Lángjökull glacier 2
Langjökull 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier ⓘ
ice cap ⓘ
accessPoint Gullfoss area ⓘ
Húsafell ⓘ
affectedBy climate change ⓘ
area approximately 900–1000 square kilometres ⓘ
approximately 950 square kilometres ⓘ
climateType subarctic ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
drainsTo Blanda river system ⓘ
Borgarfjörður region rivers ⓘ
Hvítá river system ⓘ
etymology name means "long glacier" in Icelandic ⓘ
feature crevasses ⓘ
extensive ice caves ⓘ
man-made ice tunnel ⓘ
natural ice caves ⓘ
outlet glaciers ⓘ
feeds fissures with glacial meltwater ⓘ
nearby lakes ⓘ
formationProcess accumulation of snow and ice over thousands of years ⓘ
geologicalSetting on a volcanic zone ⓘ
on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
highestElevation about 1450 metres above sea level ⓘ
highestPoint Baldjökull area ⓘ
hydrologicalRole important freshwater source in western Iceland ⓘ
languageOfName Icelandic ⓘ
length about 50 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Iceland ⓘ
Icelandic Highlands ⓘ
western Iceland ⓘ
near Húsafell ⓘ
Kaldidalur highland road ⓘ
Þingvellir region ⓘ
overlies Hofsjökull–Langjökull volcanic area ⓘ
Prestahnúkur volcanic system ⓘ
active volcanic systems ⓘ
partOf Icelandic ice caps ⓘ
rankByAreaInIceland second-largest ice cap in Iceland ⓘ
status retreating glacier ⓘ
surfaceFeature snow-covered landscapes ⓘ
surfaceType ice ⓘ
tourismActivity glacier hiking ⓘ
glacier snowmobiling ⓘ
ice cave tours ⓘ
super jeep tours ⓘ
trend losing mass and shrinking in area ⓘ
waterType clear glacial meltwater ⓘ
width about 15–20 kilometres ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Silfra fissure → waterSource → Langjökull glacier ⓘ
Gullfoss → locatedNear → Lángjökull glacier ⓘ
subject linked to: Gullfoss waterfall
linked to: Langjökull glacier
Gullfoss → riverSource → Lángjökull glacier ⓘ
subject linked to: Gullfoss waterfall
linked to: Langjökull glacier
West Iceland → contains → Langjökull glacier ⓘ
West Iceland → hasGlacier → Langjökull ⓘ
linked to: Langjökull glacier