Note 61 — SECTION II. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ICELAND.

The Jökull (plur. Jöklar) is explained passim. Suffice it here to say, that it is a mass of eternal ice formed by the enormous pressure of the superincumbent snow; it is not correct, but it is decidedly convenient to render it by “glacier.” The Fell (our “fell,” pronounced Fedl or Fetl) is a single block or peak, and in the plural, a range or sierra; it is mostly free from snow during the summer heats. Fjall (Fyadl, and plur. Fjöll) is the generic term “mons” and κατ’ ἐξοχὴν; it is applied in Icelandic literature to the Alps.