Iceland Joklakort Af Islandi Map of the Glaciers of Iceland by Vedurstofa Islands
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Charting Iceland's Ice: The Glacier Map
Issued by the Icelandic Meteorological Office, this large-format map (84 by 119 centimetres) plots the country's glaciers at a scale of 1:500,000, drawing on the work of glaciologists Oddur Sigurðsson, Richard S. Williams Jr and Skúli Víkingsson, with cartography by Guðrún Sigríður Jónsdóttir.
It traces how the ice has changed over time, showing extents from around 1890, the mid-1940s, 2000 and 2014, marks surge-type ...
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Charting Iceland's Ice: The Glacier Map
Issued by the Icelandic Meteorological Office, this large-format map (84 by 119 centimetres) plots the country's glaciers at a scale of 1:500,000, drawing on the work of glaciologists Oddur Sigurðsson, Richard S. Williams Jr and Skúli Víkingsson, with cartography by Guðrún Sigríður Jónsdóttir.
It traces how the ice has changed over time, showing extents from around 1890, the mid-1940s, 2000 and 2014, marks surge-type glaciers separately, and notes volcanic calderas hidden beneath the ice. An accompanying booklet and gazetteer give glacier dimensions and how they have shifted since the turn of the century.
Text appears in Icelandic, English, German and French, making it a useful reference for visiting scientists, students of glaciology and travellers keen to understand Iceland's changing landscape.
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