Late Quaternary geology and glacial history of Hornstrandir, northwest Iceland: a reconnaissance study.

No signs of glacial erosion or deposition were found on the high (400-500 m) plateaux and it is therefore concluded that these were not inundated by actively eroding glaciers, at least not during the last (Weichselian) glaciation. The outlet glaciers could only have reached about halfway to the edge of the shelf, and it is possible that they did not even reach that far. During the Little Ice Age glaciers were re-established in 7-10 cirques on northern Hornstrandir. The ELA in these cirques varied with exposure between 300 and 500 m, and some glaciers descended as much as to 150 m below their basin-floor altitudes; glacial maximum was reached at or before 1860 AD. -from Authors