Þórisjökull


Þórisjökull or Thórisjökull is a small glacier and volcano in western-central Iceland, to the southwest of Langjökull glacier. It has an elevation of. Kaldidalur lies in the foreground.

Position

þórisjökull is situated between Langjökull glacier and the shield volcano Ok to its east. The "Cold valley" is lying between them with its famous highland road of the same name.

The volcano

The glacier volcano Þórisjökull is a tuya from the Ice Age. Its mountain part consists mainly of hyaloclastites. The glacier was part of Langjökull glacier probably til the end of the 18th century.
Some geological research was made again on the Þórisjökull and Prestahnúkur area in 2009 and it shows clearly active volcanic fissures under the glacier which are part of the Prestahnúkur volcanic system.

The name

The name comes from the name of the troll Þóri which is said to have been lived in a cave nearby.

Mountaineering

It is possible to hike up on the glacier from the highest point of Kaldidalur-Road near the big cairn Beinakerlingin in a height of.