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The mountain range Kverkfjöll (1,764 m) is situated on the north-eastern border of the glacier Vatnajökull in Iceland. With their glacier ''Kverkjökull'', they are to be found between the Vatnajökull and the ''Dyngjufjöll'' (s. Askja). The mountains are still active volcanoes. Especially around 1720, they were often erupting and causing glacier runs. Under the mountains, there is a very large, very hot magma chamber which leads to the originating of glacier caves. Currently, they cannot be visited because of the risk of collapse. There is a warning sign at the "parking place" near the caves. In a certain distance, there are the hot springs of ''Hveradalir''. The oasis ''Hvannalindir'' lies between the Kverkfjöll and Askja. The Holuhraun lava field is approximately to the north-west of Kverkfjöll. The main volume of the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river flows from the Kverkfjöll area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Holuhraun )〕 ==See also== * Glaciers of Iceland * Iceland plume * List of lakes of Iceland * List of volcanoes in Iceland * Volcanism in Iceland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kverkfjöll」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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