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{{Short description|Mountain of Iceland}}
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| name = Baula
| photo = Baula2.jpg
| photo_caption = Baula, July 2006
| elevation_m   = 934
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| location = [[Iceland]]
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| type = [[Laccolith]]
| age = 3.4 million years
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'''Baula''' ({{IPA|is|ˈpœyːla|audio=Baula pronunciation.ogg}}) is a mountain situated in the west of [[Iceland]] near [[Route 1 (Iceland)|Route 1]], [[Bifröst University]], and the [[Volcanic crater|crater]]s of Grábrók. The mountain's reddish or orange hue is caused by its [[rhyolite]] rock composition.

[[Image:Baula.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The mountain Baula]]

Geologically, the mountain is a [[laccolith]],<ref>Gudmundsson A., Pasquarè F.A., Tibaldi A. (2014) ''Dykes, Sills, Laccoliths, and Inclined Sheets in Iceland'' in ''Advances in Volcanology'', Berlin, Springer, Figure 5b.</ref> a type of igneous [[intrusion]]. It was formed 3.4 million years ago.<ref>Johannesson, Haukur (1975) ''Structure and petrochemistry of the Reykjadalur central volcano and the surrounding areas, Midwest Iceland'', Doctoral thesis, Durham University.</ref>

Baula is characterized by its almost perfect cone. Nearby is Baula's “little sister,” a mountain called [[Litla-Baula]], where rare [[Columnar jointing|columns]] of rhyolite are found. Together, Baula and Litla-Baula have often been described as Iceland's most beautiful pair of mountains.

==See also==
*[[Volcanism of Iceland]]

== References ==
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* Hróarsson, Björn (1994) ''Á ferð um landið, Borgarfjörður og Mýrar, Mál og menning'' {{ISBN|9979-3-0657-2}} (in Icelandic)

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[[Category:Volcanism of Iceland]]
[[Category:Mountains of Iceland]]
[[Category:Pliocene magmatism]]
[[Category:Laccoliths]]
[[Category:Borgarbyggð]]