Type
Lava Fields, Mountains
Location
9CQ55MFM+28
High season
Summer
Family-friendly
No
Last eruption
Pleistocene
Height
1682 m
Average rating
8.8
Number of reviews
17
Herdubreid is a table mountain (Icelandic: 'stapi'), situated north of Vatnajokull in the deserted lava field of Odadahraun, the most extensive lava field in Iceland.
This impressive mountain, 1682 m high, is often called 'the queen of Icelandic mountains' and was voted the Icelandic 'national mountain' in a 2002 poll.
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