ICELAND / ÍSLAND.
The Mount Herðubreið.
Stamp issued on 09.03.1972.
Face value: 250 Icelandic krónur.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 3,000,000 copies.
Size: 42 x 29 mm.
- AFA No. 461.
- Michel No. 460.
- Scott No. 438.
- StampWorld No. 461.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 491.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 413.
The Mount Herðubreið is a tuya volcano in northern part of Vatnajökull National Park, established in 2008. It is situated in the Highlands of Iceland at the east side of the Ódáðahraun desert and close to Askja volcano. The desert is a large lava field originating from eruptions of Trölladyngja and other shield volcanoes in the area. The Mount Herðubreið was formed by an eruption under a glacier. Its altitude is 1,682 m (5,518 ft), and it was climbed for the first time by Sigurður Sumarliðason and the German geologist Hans Reck on August 13, 1908 - the instability of its slopes made it for centuries considered inaccessible.
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