The Snæfellsnes (Icelandic is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland...It has been named Iceland in Miniature, because many national sights can be found in the area,[citation needed] including the Snæfellsjökull volcano, regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland. With its height of 1446 m, it is the highest mountain on the peninsula and has a glacier at its peak.