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    Skjaldbreiður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈscaltˌpreiːðʏr̥] , "broad shield") is an Icelandic lava shield formed in a huge and quite protracted eruption...
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    Skjaldbreiður is a shield volcano in Iceland, whose name means broad shield in Icelandic....
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    outline of mountain Skjaldbreiður A plover and Hallgrímsson's poem Skjaldbreiður Mountain; topographical outline of mountain Skjaldbreiður; Jónas’ handwritten...
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    Skjaldbreiður, a shield volcano whose name means "broad shield"...
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    Santorini (Greece) São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe, Atlantic Ocean) Skjaldbreiður (Iceland) Kollóttadyngja (Iceland) Trölladyngja (Iceland) Mount Takahe...
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    begins a bit to the north of Þingvellir and to the west of the volcano Skjaldbreiður, which really comes up to its name (meaning broad shield). The track...
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    This river was blocked a few thousand years ago by lava flows from the Skjaldbreiður volcano causing the meltwater to pond and seep underground into the...
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    can form lightly sloped shield volcanoes, for example Mauna Loa or Skjaldbreiður in Iceland. The key factors in generating a Hawaiian eruption are basaltic...
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    features is part of the southern fissure swarm. The shield volcano of Skjaldbreiður is prominent to the north of the rift valley with a height of 1,066 m...
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  • Langjokull, Oddnýjarhnjúkur-Langjökull, Oddnyjarhnjukur-Langjokull, and Skjaldbreiður (southern part) volcanoes. Hverfjall 420 1378 65°22′N 16°32′W / 65...
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    "Oddnýjarhnjúkur-Langjökull Alternative name: Langjökull, Hveravellir (northern-) and Skjaldbreiður (southern part)". Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes. Retrieved 2024-05-01...
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  • lava. (Part of the North volcanic zone (NVZ)) circa 9,000 years ago - Skjaldbreiður lava shield formed in one huge and protracted eruption.[citation needed]...
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    Hekla Helgafell Hengill Katla Kollóttadyngja Krafla Laki Öræfajökull Skjaldbreiður Snæfellsjökull Trölladyngja Rivers of Iceland Waterfalls of Iceland...
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    central volcano some of the fissure swarm is now covered by lava from the Skjaldbreiður shield volcano which is in a neighbouring volcanic system. The southern...
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