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The word jökull [ˈjœːkʏtl̥], meaning glacier or ice cap, is a cognate with the Middle English word ikil surviving in the -icle of English icicle. The name Eyjafjöll is made up of the words eyja [ˈeiːja] (genitive plural of ey , meaning eyot or island ), and the plural word fjöll [ˈfjœtl̥] , meaning fells or mountains , and together ...
Eyjafjallajokull glacier, which sits around 75 miles east of Reykjavik, is the second highest peak in Iceland and can be seen on most trips around the southwest of the country. The summit is 1 ...
A jökulhlaup The impounded lake a month earlier, before the same jökulhlaup. A jökulhlaup (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈjœːkʏl̥ˌl̥œyp] pronunciation ⓘ) (literally "glacial run") is a type of glacial outburst flood. [1]
There are too many presumed extinct or now inactive volcanic features to list all of these below, so most monogenetic volcanoes can not be mentioned individually. This list of volcanoes in Iceland only includes major active and dormant volcanic mountains, of which at least 18 vents have erupted since human settlement of Iceland began around 900 AD.
Between March and June 2010 a series of volcanic events at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland caused enormous disruption to air travel across Western Europe.. The disruptions started over an initial period of six days in April 2010.
Area in Fimmvörðuháls. Fimmvörðuháls (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈfɪmːˌvœrðʏˌhauls] ⓘ; "five cairns pass") is the area between the glaciers Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull in southern Iceland.
Composite map of the volcanic ash cloud (with Eyjafjallajökull volcano in red) spanning 14–25 April 2010, based on data by the London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre's website [1] (Met Office, UK).
Katla is one of the largest volcanoes in Iceland. [6] It is situated to the north of Vík í Mýrdal and to the east of the smaller glacier Eyjafjallajökull.Its peak reaches 1,512 metres (4,961 ft) and is partially covered by the Mýrdalsjökull glacier.