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Skidooing
on Mýrdalsjökull
Glacier
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Mýrdalsjökull
glacier is the southern most, and fourth largest glacier in Iceland,
lying on the volcano Katla. In reality Iceland’s largest caldera
is under the ice (110km2). The average ice thickness is 225 meters and
attains maximum thickness in the caldera, 750 meters. The surface area
is about 600 square kilometers, yielding a volume of about 130 cubic
kilometers. The highest top of the glacier is Goðabunga 1515 meters
high and Hábunga 1505 meters high. There are some 20 recorded
eruptions in Katla in the past eleven centuries, the last one in 1918
when the jökulhlaup (water flood from melting ice) had an initial
discharge of some 100.000-300.000 cubic meters per second.
 
Sólheimaskáli
is the name of the hut standing by the edge of the glacier. From the
main road #1, there is a 10 kilometres stretch (ca. 20 minutes drive)
up to the lodge. There you will be provided all necessary equipment
for a glacier expedition, like isothermal overalls, helmet, boots and
gloves. In the hut there is always freshly made mountain coffee, made
the old way.
 
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