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Examples
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The clear open weather gave us a good view of Myrdals jokul, which overhangs it.
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I traversed the whole summit of the mountain and climbed to the adjoining jokul, but did not perceive an opening, a fissure, a depressed space, nor any sign of a crater.
Visit to Iceland Ida Pfeiffer 1827
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The mountains surrounding these valleys were none of the highest, and it was seldom that a jokul or glacier shone forth from among them.
Visit to Iceland Ida Pfeiffer 1827
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“Descend, bold traveller, into the crater of the jokul of
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Hence this term of jokul is applied to all the eruptive mountains in Iceland.”
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Hence this term of jokul is applied to all the eruptive mountains in Iceland. "
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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"Descend, bold traveller, into the crater of the jokul of Sneffels, which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the kalends of July, and you will attain the centre of the earth; which I have done, Arne
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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