Víðgelmir, the Glossary
Víðgelmir is a lava tube situated in the Hallmundarhraun lava field (formed around 900 AD) in west Iceland, around 2 km southeast of Fljótstunga farm in Hvítársíða, Borgarfjörður.[1]
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7 relations: Borgarfjörður, Iceland, Lava tube, National Museum of Iceland, Speleothem, Surtshellir, Viking Age.
- Caves of Iceland
- Ice caves
- Show caves
- Tourist attractions in Iceland
- West Volcanic Zone of Iceland
Borgarfjörður
Borgarfjörður is a fjord in the west of Iceland near the town of Borgarnes.
See Víðgelmir and Borgarfjörður
Iceland
Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.
Lava tube
A lava tube, or pyroduct, is a natural conduit formed by flowing lava from a volcanic vent that moves beneath the hardened surface of a lava flow. Víðgelmir and lava tube are lava tubes.
National Museum of Iceland
The National Museum of Iceland (Icelandic: Þjóðminjasafn Íslands) was established on 24 February 1863, with Jón Árnason the first curator of the Icelandic collection, previously kept in Danish museums.
See Víðgelmir and National Museum of Iceland
Speleothem
A speleothem is a geological formation by mineral deposits that accumulate over time in natural caves.
Surtshellir
Surtshellir is a lava cave located in western Iceland, around 60 km from the settlement of Borgarnes. Víðgelmir and Surtshellir are caves of Iceland, lava tubes and west Volcanic Zone of Iceland.
Viking Age
The Viking Age (about) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America.
See also
Caves of Iceland
- Búri (cave)
- Grjótagjá
- Hellnahellir
- Kverkfjöll
- Landmannahellir
- Raufarhólshellir
- Surtshellir
- The Caves of Ægissíða
- Víðgelmir
Ice caves
- Bisaro Anima
- Bixby State Preserve
- Booming Ice Chasm
- Canyon Creek Ice Cave
- Castleguard Cave
- Coudersport Ice Mine
- Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve
- Demänovská Ice Cave
- Dobšiná Ice Cave
- Eisriesenwelt
- Grotta del Gelo
- Grotte Casteret
- Ice Mountain
- Ice cave
- Kungur Ice Cave
- Niter Ice Cave
- Sam's Point Preserve
- Scărișoara Cave
- Shawangunk Ridge
- Speilsalen
- Víðgelmir
Show caves
- Amboni Caves
- Bat Cave, Nepal
- Chinhoyi Caves
- Cuevas de Taulabé
- Goetz Cave
- Green Grotto Caves
- Harrison's Cave
- Jeita Grotto
- Kungur Ice Cave
- Lipa Cave
- Marble Cave (Crimea)
- New Athos Cave
- Pak Ou Caves
- Phnom Sorsia
- Saint-Leonard Cavern
- Scărișoara Cave
- Show cave
- Sof Omar Caves
- St. Michael's Cave
- Víðgelmir
- Verteba Cave
- Viengxay caves
- Vjetrenica Cave
- Wonder Cave (Kromdraai, Gauteng)
Tourist attractions in Iceland
- 1973 US Navy C-117D Sólheimasandur Crash
- Arnarstapi
- Austurstræti
- Bankastræti
- Blue Lagoon (geothermal spa)
- Djúpalónssandur
- Dyrhólaey
- Grundarfjörður
- Guðrúnarlaug
- Gufunes
- Gullfoss
- Hallormsstaðaskógur
- Látrabjarg
- Lækjargata
- Lækjartorg
- Lóndrangar
- Lakes of Iceland
- Laugavegur (Reykjavík)
- Museums in Iceland
- National parks of Iceland
- Reykjanestá
- Skaftafell
- Skagafjörður Folk Museum
- Sky Lagoon
- Víðgelmir
- Vatnajökulsvegur
- Volcano House (Iceland)
West Volcanic Zone of Iceland
- Þórisjökull
- Barnafossar
- Eiríksjökull
- Geitlandsjökull
- Geysir
- Haukadalur
- Hengill
- Hlöðufell
- Hrómundartindur
- Hraunfossar
- Hveravellir
- Ingólfsfjall
- Kjölur
- Langjökull
- Oddnýjarhnjúkur-Langjökull volcanic system
- Ok (volcano)
- Prestahnúkur
- Reykjanes Volcanic Belt
- Skjaldbreiður
- Stóra-Björnsfell
- Strokkur
- Surtshellir
- Víðgelmir