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1971 and since then by various people.
Birnudalsjökull is a small glacier at the head of a
valley facing south-east at the southern margin of Vat-
najökull. It is not a part of Vatnajökull since it is only
connected to the main ice cap by fim fields across a
water divide. It was monitored by local farmers.
Eyvindstungnajökull (also called Sultartungna-
jökull) bifurcates from the outlet glacier Skálafells-
jökull. The length along the centre line and the area
are hard to define and are not stated in Table 1. The
glacier was monitored by local farmers.
Skálafellsjökull has been monitored at two loca-
tions by local farmers until 1971 and by various peo-
ple since 1990. It coalesced with Heinabergsjökull in
the beginning of the measurement period. Sometimes
during the period 1968-1984 the glacier did advance
according to aerial photographs, but this advance is
lost in a gap in the monitoring from 1968 to 1990. The
gap may be filled to some extent with remote sensing
information.
Heinabergsjökull was monitored at two locations
by local farmers until 1967 when a proglacial lake
prohibited further tape measurements. It has been
measured with theodolite by a teacher and students at
a local secondary school since 1990. The glacier is di-
vided by a 11 km long medial moraine. It currently
calves into a proglacial lake.
Fláajökull is a valley glacier with an expanded
foot lobe which has been monitored at four different
locations since 1930, by local farmers until 1972 and
by various people since 1975.
The snout of Hojfellsjökull is divided by a small
1: Fellsárjökull, Þverártindsegg
2: Brókarjökull, Vatnajökli
3: Birnudalsjökull, Vatnajökli
4: Eyvindstungnajökull, Vatnajökli
5: Skálafellsjökull, Vatnajökli
6: Heinabergsjökull, Hafrafell, Vatnajökli
7: Heinabergsjökull, Geitakinn, Vatnajökli
8: Fláajökull, vestan Hólmsár, Vatnajökli
9: Fláajökull, Hólmsárgaröur, Vatnajökli
10: Fláajökull, austur 1, Vatnajökli
11: Svínafellsjökull í Hornaf., staöur 3, Vatnajökli
12: Hoffellsjökull, staður 2, Vatnajökli
13: Hoffellsdalsjökull, Vatnajökli
Fig. 10. Glacier variations of outlet glaciers in the south-eastem part of Vatnajökull (east of Breiðamerkurjökull).
- Jöklabreytingar, suðurausturhluti Vatnajökuls(austan Breiðamerkurjökuls).
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