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beyond the north-east tuya plateau edge Klofajökull outlet glacier, but the other outlet glaciers are less accessible. These are the Brækureystri to the north, Vestri-Brækur to the north-west, Þorvaldsjökull to the east and Ögmundarjökull (this is just south of the Þorvaldsjökull glacier and has been
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The glacier was called Baldjökull until about 1700 and with relative certainty the current name is influenced by the nearby mountain Eiríksgnípa. Nothing is known with certainty about said Erik but a fable tells of an outlaw named Eiríkur or
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69:Coordinates
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321:References
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107:Dimensions
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128:Geography
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