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The westem side has been monitored since 1932 by
two local farmers, a father and son. The eastem side
was monitored by local farmers at up to 5 locations
from 1932-1979 and by a member of the Iceland
Glaciological Society since 1980 at three different lo-
cations in order to observe differences in the variations
of this large outlet glacier.
Morsárjökull was monitored by local farmers in
the period 1932-1979 and by a member of the Iceland
Glaciological Society since 1980. It falls down a 350
m high ice fall about 5 km from the terminus. A medi-
al moraine runs downglacier from the ice fall.
Skaftafellsjökull has been monitored since 1932
by local farmers and by the same one since 1947. For
some time around the middle of the century there
were marks at four different locations by the termi-
nus, but the monitoring is currently only carried out at
one location. A medial moraine runs 9 km along the
south-eastern margin.
Svínafellsjökull, which runs from Öræfajökull, has
been monitored since 1932 at up to five different lo-
cations, but the monitoring is currently only carried
out at one location. The next eight glaciers listed
below are also a part of Öræfajökull.
Virkisjökull and Falljökull are currently indepen-
dent valley glaciers but the two snouts coalesced on
the lowland below Öræfajökull in the early decades of
the century. The glaciers were separated around 1940
and Falljökull has been monitored separately since
1957.
Gljúfursárjökull, Stigárjökull and Hólárjökull are
small valley glaciers that run to the south from Öræfa-
jökull. They were monitored by local farmers.
Kvíárjökull, Hrútárjökull and Fjallsjökull have
been monitored by local farmers, a father and his
sons. They have also carried out the monitoring of the
western part of Breiðamerkurjökull. The terminus of
Kvíárjökull is surrounded by huge, semi-circular, pre-
historic moraines which contained the advance of the
glacier during the Little Ice Age. Fjallsjökull has been
monitored at three locations, two adjacent locations
near the southem margin and one close to the northem
Fig. 8. Glacier variations of Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull.
-Jöklabreytingar, Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull.
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