text: Kverkfjöll
  
  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.
  
  See also
   Glaciers of Iceland
   Iceland plume
   List of lakes of Iceland
   List of volcanoes in Iceland
   Volcanism in Iceland
  
  External links 
   Kverksfjöll in the Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes
   Kverkfjöll - picture gallery from islandsmyndir.is
   Photo
   ice cave
  
  References
  
  Category:Stratovolcanoes of Iceland
  Category:Mountains of Iceland
  Category:Mountain ranges of Europe
  Category:Caves of Iceland
  Category:Active volcanoes
  Category:Iceland North Volcanic Zone
  Category:One-thousanders of Iceland