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Herðubreið
Elevation	1,682 m (5,518 ft)
Location
Location	Eastern Iceland
Coordinates	65°10′N 16°20′W / 65.167°N 16.333°W / 65.167; -16.333
Geology
Type	Tuya
Age of rock	Pleistocene
Last eruption	Pleistocene

Herðubreið is a tuya in north-east Iceland at 65°10′44.06″N 16°20′50.36″W / 65.1789056°N 16.3473222°W / 65.1789056; -16.3473222. It is situated in the Highlands of Iceland in the midst of the Ódáðahraun desert and close to Askja volcano. The desert is a large lava field originating from eruptions of Trölladyngja. Herðubreið originally sat beneath Vatnajökull glacier, which was much larger during the last ice age.

Due to the mountain's steep and unstable sides, the first ascent was in 1908 despite centuries of knowledge of its existence.

Near the mountain lies an oasis called Herðubreiðarlindir with a camp ground and hiking trails. In former times, outcasts who had been excluded from Icelandic society because of crimes they had committed lived at the oasis.

See also

• Geography of Iceland
• List of volcanoes in Iceland
• Volcanism in Iceland

External links

• http://gis.bofh.is/ornefnaskra/ (search engine and map of Iceland)

- Images:

• Herðubreiðarlindir - picture gallery from islandsmyndir.is
• http://isafold.de/lonsoraefi98/img_herdubreid.htm (Photo)
• http://isafold.de/panorama/panoram.htm (via "Askja")

Coordinates: 65°11′N 16°21′W / 65.183°N 16.35°W / 65.183; -16.35