- Hekla - Wikipedia
Hekla (Icelandic pronunciation: ⓘ), or Hecla, [2] [3] is an active stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 m (4,892 ft) Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since the year 1210 [4]
- Hekla | Active Volcano, Eruptions Iceland | Britannica
Hekla, active volcano, southern Iceland, lying within the country’s East Volcanic Zone It is Iceland’s most active and best-known volcano The volcano is characterized by a 3 4-mile- (5 5-km-) long fissure called Heklugjá, which is active along its entire length during major eruptions
- Hekla Mountain in Iceland: Peak, Height, History, Geography
Hekla Mountain in Iceland is a volcanic mountain or, better said, a stratovolcano It is one of the country’s most active volcanoes Because of the frequent eruptions, Europeans used to call Hekla “The Gateway to Hell ”
- Hekla Volcano - the Gateway to Hell - Iceland Travel Guide
Hekla is nicknamed ‘The Gateway to Hell’ The volcano is one of the country’s most notorious and unpredictable volcanoes Hekla volcano is situated in South Iceland This volcano has witnessed more than twenty eruptions since 874, making its name in the list of Iceland’s most active volcanoes
- Hekla Travel Guide - Guide to Iceland
Hekla, nicknamed ‘the Gateway to Hell’ in the Middle Ages, is one of Iceland’s most explosive, unpredictable and powerful volcanoes It has erupted twenty to thirty times since settlement and remains active to this day Learn more about it on a volcano tour in Iceland
- Hekla - Visit South Iceland
Hekla is one of the world's most active and renowned volcanoes and was rumored to be the gateway to hell during the Middle Ages Hekla reaches a height of 1,490 meters above sea level, and its volcanic system extends over a 60 km fissure swarm
- Hekla - Global Volcanism Program
One of Iceland's most prominent and active volcanoes, Hekla lies near the southern end of the eastern rift zone Hekla occupies a rift-transform junction, and has produced basaltic andesites, in contrast to the tholeiitic basalts typical of Icelandic rift zone volcanoes
- Guide to Hekla Volcano in Iceland, live volcano cam - LAVA Centre
Hekla is a volcanic system in southern Iceland known in medieval literature as “The gateway to Hell” It is located at the convergence of the South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ) and the East Volcanic Zone (EVZ)
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