Hofsjokull

Hofsjökull, the "temple glacier," spreads across the western part of Iceland's high interior. Its ice covers a great central volcano and lies north of the Kerlingarfjöll mountains, between the larger ice caps of Langjökull and Vatnajökull. Rivers descend from this elevated country: the Blanda flows north from the glacier's northwestern side to Húnaflói. The broad expanse of ice forms part of the remote highland landscape separating Iceland's settled coasts.