굴포스에서 바라본 랑요쿨(Langjökull). 아이슬란드(Iceland)

굴포스에서 바라본 랑요쿨(Langjökull). 아이슬란드(Iceland)

아이슬란드에서 바트나요쿨 다음으로 큰 빙하

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Langjökull (Icelandic for "long glacier") is the second largest ice cap in Iceland (953 km²), after Vatnajökull. It is situated in the west of the Icelandic interior or Highlands of Iceland and can be seen clearly from Haukadalur.

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Its volume is 195 km³ and the ice is up to 580 m (1,900 ft) thick. The highest point of the ice cap (at Baldjökull at the northern end of Langjökull) is about 1,450 m (4,760 ft) above sea level.

In the past, the largest recorded surface area was in 1840.

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