Hekla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛhkla] ), or Hecla, is an active stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 m (4,892 ft). Hekla is...
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Tour Hekla is a 220-metre (722 ft), 48-story skyscraper in Puteaux, in the La Défense district of Greater Paris, in France. Named after the Icelandic...
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The Hekla Sound (Danish: Hekla Sund) is a sound in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland...
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Ungmennafélagið Hekla is a multi-sports club in Hella, Iceland. It fields departments in basketball, gymnastics, taekwondo and volleyball. The club was...
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The Hekla 3 eruption (H-3) c. 1000 BC is considered the most severe eruption of Hekla during the Holocene. It threw about 7.3 km3 of volcanic rock into...
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List of volcanic eruptions in Iceland (section Hekla)
Gjálp Floods Grensdalur Grímsey (Touching the Arctic Circle) Grímsnes Grímsvötn Hekla Helgafell Helgafell Hengill Herðubreið Hofsjökull Hofsjökull glacier Holuhraun...
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Hekla Stålstrenga is a Norwegian folk and folk rock band specializing in North Norwegian traditional music. It was formed in 2008 as a duo by fiddler...
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inspired by Icelandic natural phenomena. In the piece Hekla he depicts the eruption of the volcano Hekla which he witnessed. Dettifoss (Op. 57) was inspired...
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Scotia (barque) (redirect from Hekla (barque))
Scotia was a barque that was built in 1872 as the Norwegian whaler Hekla. She was purchased in 1902 by William Speirs Bruce and refitted as a research...
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connection with the eruption of Hekla (Thorarinsson, "The eruption of Hekla, 1947-48II, 3, The tephra-fall from Hekla, March 29th, 1947", Visindafélag...
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pronunciation: [ˈhauːɪˌfɔsː] ) is a waterfall situated near the volcano Hekla in southern Iceland. The waterfall Granni is next to it. The river Fossá...
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Volcanism of Iceland (section Hekla)
Sigurdur Þórarinsson (1967). "The eruption of Hekla in historical times. Vol. I: The eruption of Hekla 1947–48". Soc. Sci. Islandica. 38: 1–183. Thordarson...
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then she traveled to Iceland, where she witnessed the eruption of Mount Hekla on 5–6 April 1947. She briefly returned to England, then she traveled to...
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1150s BC is a decade which lasted from 1159 BC to 1150 BC. 1159 BC—The Hekla 3 eruption triggers an 18-year period of climatic worsening. (estimated...
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Iceland, not far from the famous mountains of Landmannalaugar and the volcano Hekla. Evidence of volcanism shows around this lake; for example in the famous...
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evidence that the site of Assur was occupied at around this time. c. 2360 BC: Hekla-4 eruption. c. 2350 BC: The 2350 BC Middle East Anomaly (apparent comet...
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Hecla is the traditional English spelling of the Icelandic volcano, Hekla, and may also refer to: Fury and Hecla Strait, Nunavut, Canada Hecla, Kentucky...
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portion of Iceland contains some of its most notable volcanoes such as Hekla, Eldgjá, and Katla. Alongside the volcanoes exist numerous glaciers such...
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the island is highly geologically active with many volcanoes including Hekla, Eldgjá, Herðubreið, and Eldfell. The volcanic eruption of Laki in 1783–1784...
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other regions of the country, tourism is a growing sector. The volcano Hekla is nearby so it is possible to go hiking there as well as to make excursions...
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group in the fifth dimension; see H4 polytope H-4, a huge eruption of the Hekla volcano around 2310 BC H-4 SOW, a precision-guided glide bomb used by the...
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height is about 855 m. It is situated near Landmannalaugar and not far from Hekla. The name means in English: sulphur wave. It comes from the sulphur spots...
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494 4,902 Spain Mount Nuang 1,491 4,892 Titiwangsa Mountains, Malaysia Hekla 1,491 4,892 Iceland Alto de Garanjonay 1,487 4,879 La Gomera, Spain Mount...
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Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK or H&K; German pronunciation: [ˌhɛklɐ ʔʊnt ˈkɔx]) is a German firearms manufacturer that produces handguns, rifles, submachine...
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Sigöldulón Sigöldulón, volcano Hekla in the background Sigöldulón Coordinates 64°9′8″N 19°3′19″W / 64.15222°N 19.05528°W / 64.15222; -19.05528 Lake...
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and Tajikistan ] … ) Ammonium chloride was subsequently found at Mount Hekla in Iceland, Mount Chinyero on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, and the Valley...
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) is situated in the Highlands of Iceland to the north of the volcano Hekla. It is a reservoir of the river Þjórsá. Its surface area is 20 km2. Many...
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until 1946, there are some 20 buildings. To the north of the village is the Hekla volcano. On 18 December 2001 the village was placed on Iceland's tentative...
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el-Medina), could not be provisioned. Something in the air (possibly the Hekla 3 eruption) prevented much sunlight from reaching the ground and also arrested...
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that this eruption was small compared to, for example, the eruption of Hekla in 2000. The eruption, rather than taking place under the ice cap of the...
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