Jökull - 01.12.1972, Side 30

Fig. 1A.
Kverkfjöll area, Iceland. —
Glaciers shown in black.
Mynd 1A.
Kort, sem sýnir legu Kverk-
fjalla.
Dyngjufjöll and Brúarjökull lobes. The massif
trends approximately north-northeast ancl re-
sembles somewhat the east-west trending Eyja-
fjallajökull stratovolcano of southern Iceland,
although it is smaller. l'he highest point of
Kverkfjöll is 1920 m, on the eastern side of
the massif (Kverkfjöll eystri). A col (elevation
about 1680 m according to the topographic
map, Fig. 2) separates this ridge from an ice-
covered cupola, the highest point of Kverkfjöll
vestri (West Kverkfjöll). According to the topo-
graphic map the height of this cupola is 1860
m, but both the cupola and the col are prob-
ably somewhat liigher than shown on the map
(cf. Thorarinsson 1953, p. 19—20). A graben-
like couloir with steep exposed escarpments
18° 17° 16°
Fig. 1B.
Vatnajökull and possible
Dyngjujökull subglacial
eruptive area in relation
to Kverkfjöll. Geirvörtur—
Thórdarhyrna—Grímsvötn
volcano-tectonic line shown
by dashed line.
From Thorarinsson, 1950.
Mynd 1B.
Hugsanlegar gosstöðvar und-
i.r Dyngjujökli (punktalina)
og afstaða þeirra til hvera-
dals Kverkfjalla. Brota- og
eldvirknilínan Geirvörtur—
Þórðarhyrna—Grimsvötn er
sýnd sem slitin lína.
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