The mountain lies in the far east of Fljótshverfi district and borders directly on Skeiðarársandur. East of it on the Sander is the Núpsvötn river. South of it is Route 1. With the bridge construction in the east of the mountain, the ring road was closed in 1974.
Geologyedit
It is a long, north–south oriented ridge at its highest peak 764m above sea level, while the foremost cliffs reach a (almost vertical) height of 671m and are thus the highest in Iceland.
Most of Lómagnúpur is made of palagonite, but there are also layers of lava (e.g. pillow lava and lava columns) and sediments. It was built up within a million years. The lowest layers are about 2.5 million years old, the highest ones about 1.5 million. In addition, the mountain was in interglacial times and directly on the coast immediately after the last ice age 10,000 years ago, so that the sea also left its mark on it.
Two or three landslides can be detected at Lómagnúpur. The most striking one is located on the west side of the mountain next to Route 1, built in 1789 during an earthquake.
Cultureedit
The mountain became famous in the Njáll saga, in which Flosi has a nightmare. He had killed Njáll with his men and now dreamt of a giant coming out of the mountain and announcing the death of his people.
This famous scene is alluded to in a poem about Lómagnúpur by lyricist Jón Helgason, also known in Iceland.
lómagnúpur, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2021, learn, wh. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Lomagnupur news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Lomagnupur Icelandic pronunciation ˈlouːmaˌknuːpʏr 764 m 2 507 ft 1 is a subglacial mound in southern Iceland LomagnupurLomagnupur with the landslide of 1789 and Route 1Highest pointElevation764 m 2 507 ft Coordinates63 58 00 N 17 31 00 W 63 966667 N 17 516667 W 63 966667 17 516667GeographyLomagnupurMap of Iceland showing the location of LomagnupurLocationSkeidararsandur Southern Region IcelandGeologyMountain typeSubglacial mound Contents 1 Location 2 Geology 3 Culture 4 See also 5 ReferencesLocation editThe mountain lies in the far east of Fljotshverfi district and borders directly on Skeidararsandur East of it on the Sander is the Nupsvotn river South of it is Route 1 With the bridge construction in the east of the mountain the ring road was closed in 1974 Geology editIt is a long north south oriented ridge at its highest peak 764m above sea level while the foremost cliffs reach a almost vertical height of 671m and are thus the highest in Iceland Most of Lomagnupur is made of palagonite but there are also layers of lava e g pillow lava and lava columns and sediments It was built up within a million years The lowest layers are about 2 5 million years old the highest ones about 1 5 million In addition the mountain was in interglacial times and directly on the coast immediately after the last ice age 10 000 years ago so that the sea also left its mark on it Two or three landslides can be detected at Lomagnupur The most striking one is located on the west side of the mountain next to Route 1 built in 1789 during an earthquake Culture editThe mountain became famous in the Njall saga in which Flosi has a nightmare He had killed Njall with his men and now dreamt of a giant coming out of the mountain and announcing the death of his people This famous scene is alluded to in a poem about Lomagnupur by lyricist Jon Helgason also known in Iceland See also editGeography of IcelandReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lomagnupur LoMAGNUPUR MOUNTAIN Retrieved 29 May 2018 nbsp This Iceland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lomagnupur amp oldid 1048158577, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
