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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.
Katla is an active volcano in the south-east of Iceland. It is covered by the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap. Over 300 basaltic eruptions may have occurred in the Holocene. [4] The 1918 eruption was amongst the largest 20th century eruptions in Iceland. [5]
A year after an eruption of the Katla volcano began, only a few people remain in the nearby town of Vík, persisting despite choking ash.An ash-caked woman who apparently disappeared twenty years earlier appears in the village, looking as she did back then.
One of the country's largest active volcanoes is Katla, which is closely watched because it lies under thick glacial ice, meaning that any eruption could melt the ice and trigger widespread ...
Eldgjá is part of the Katla volcano; it is a segment of a 40 kilometres (25 mi) long chain of volcanic craters and fissure vents that extends northeast away from Katla volcano almost to the Vatnajökull ice cap. This fissure experienced a major eruption around 939 CE, which was the largest effusive eruption in recent history. It covered about ...
Experts are now concerned an eruption of the nearly 5,000-foot-tall angry mountain is on the way.
Mýrdalsjökull (pronounced [ˈmirˌtalsˌjœːkʏtl̥] ⓘ, Icelandic for "(the) mire dale glacier" or "(the) mire valley glacier") is an ice cap on the top of the Katla volcano in the south of Iceland. It is to the north of the town of Vík í Mýrdal and to the east of the smaller ice cap Eyjafjallajökull.
Vík lies directly south of the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, which itself is on top of the Katla volcano. Katla has not erupted since 1918, and as this is longer than typical dormant period, there has been speculation that an eruption may occur soon. An eruption of Katla could melt enough ice to trigger an enormous flash flood, potentially large ...