Herðubreið

Herðubreið, the queen of Icelandic mountains - and seat of the gods (many believe this is the Asgard of the sagas).

Herðubreið is a 1682m high table mountain (tuya) which erupted under ice age glaciation. At the very top (here covered by cloud) is a crater and some basalt whch made it out of the ice.
The mountain with its steep and near symmetrical shape rises 1000m above the vast surrounding highland desert and is visible from afar.

Erhard Bernstein, Percy Schramm, Leo W, Nouchetdu38 and 43 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Großen Dank, bk! Naja, spätestens wenn Ragnarök kommt, wird's gut warm;-)

21 months ago. Edited 21 months ago.

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Schönen Dank, Karin! Es ist nicht der einzige dort, aber der schönste:-)

21 months ago.

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Thanks a lot, Annemarie!

21 months ago.

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Thank you so much, Gillian! Solitary mountains always have a certain appeal.

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Thank you, Jaap!

21 months ago.

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