| alda = hilly ridge (plural: öldur) |
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| á = river |
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ás = small hill, ridge
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| bær = farm, township |
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| bakki = river bank |
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| bjarg = cliff, rock |
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| borg = city, crag |
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| botn = bottom, head of valley or fjord |
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| brekka = slope |
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| brú = bridge |
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| bunga = rounded peak |
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| dalur = valley |
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| djúp = long inlet, deep |
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| drag = watercourse (plural: drög) |
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| drangur = isolated column of rock |
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| dyngja = dome |
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| eiði = isthmus |
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| ey = island (plural: eyjar) |
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| eyri = sandspit, delta |
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| fell = mountain, hill |
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| fjall = mountain (plural: fjöll) |
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| fjörður = fjord, broad inlet, valley (plural: firðir) |
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| fljót = large river |
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| foss = waterfall |
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| gígur = crater |
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| gil = gorge, ravine |
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| gjá = chasm, fissure |
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| grunn = shoal, shallow |
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| háls = ridge, isthmus |
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| hamar = crag |
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| heiði = heath, moor |
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| hlíð = mountain side |
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| hnjúkur/hnúkur = peak |
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| höfði = promontory |
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| höfn = harbour |
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| hóll = rounded hill (plural: hólar) |
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| hólmur = islet |
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| holt = stony hill |
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| hraun = lava field, lava |
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| hryggur = ridge |
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| hver = hot spring |
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| hvoll = hill |
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| jökull = glacier |
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| jökulsá = glacial river |
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| kirkja = church |
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| klettur = rock, cliff |
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| kot = small farm |
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| kvísl = river, branch of river |
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| lækur = brook |
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| laug = warm spring, bath |
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| lón = lagoon |
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| melur = gravel, barren plain |
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| múli = headland, spur |
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| mynni = mouth |
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| mýri = swamp |
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| nes = headland, spur |
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| núpur = spur, peak |
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| oddi = point, tounge of land |
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| öræfi = desert |
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| ós = estuary |
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| reykur = smoke steam |
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| rif = reef |
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| sandur = sand(s) |
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| skagi = peninsula |
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| skarð = mountain pass |
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| sker = skerry |
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| skógur = wood, shrubland |
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| slétta = plain |
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| staður = place, parsonage (plural: staðir) |
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| stapi = bluff, crag |
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| súlur = (mountain) peaks |
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| tangi = narrow peninsula |
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| tindur = summit |
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| tjörn = small lake, pond |
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| tunga = tounge (of land) |
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| vað = ford (plural: vöð) |
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| varða = cairn (plural: vörður) |
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| vatn = lake, water (plural: vötn) |
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| vegur = road, track |
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| ver = grassy spot |
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| vík = inlet, small bay |
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| vogur = inlet, creek |
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| völlur = plain (plural: vellir) |
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