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    Eldgjá (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈɛltˌcauː] , "fire canyon") is a volcano and a canyon in Iceland. Eldgjá is part of the Katla volcano; it is a segment...
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    (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈouːˌfaiːrʏˌfɔsː] ) is a waterfall situated in the Eldgjá chasm in the western part of Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. Until the...
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    discernible from the air, but the crater rows (see Laki) or the canyons (see Eldgjá) built up by some of them are. The dikes that feed fissures reach the surface...
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    island is highly geologically active with many volcanoes including Hekla, Eldgjá, Herðubreið, and Eldfell. The volcanic eruption of Laki in 1783–1784 caused...
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  • volcanic zone (EVZ)) 939 (or 934) - Katla and Eldgjá: VEI 6. Dated now to 939 ± 2 CE. A large lava flow from Eldgjá flowed over Álftaver (is: Álftaver), Meðalland...
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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 as Vatnajökull...
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    Mýrdalsjökull glacier. The system has an area of 595 km2 (230 sq mi). The Eldgjá canyon is part of the same volcanic system, and extends as a fissure swarm...
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    world's greatest fissure and lava eruptions of historical times occurred, at Eldgjá in 934 and Lakagígar 1783–1784. Vonarskarð [ˈvɔːnarˌskarθ], northwest of...
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    millions elsewhere. Still larger were the Icelandic eruptions of Katla (the Eldgjá eruption) circa 934, with 18 km3 (4 cu mi) of erupted lava, and the Þjórsárhraun...
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    a supermarket. Nearby tourist attractions include the Laki craters, the Eldgjá and Skaftafell, all in Vatnajökull National Park. An attraction close to...
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    of various geological features, including Landmannalaugar, Torfajökull, Eldgjá, Þórsmörk, Herðubreið, Askja, Hveradalir, Lakagígar, and the Fagrifoss waterfall...
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    volcanoes are known to have erupted in the Holocene epoch; these include Eldgjá, source of the largest lava eruption in human history. Some of the various...
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    Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland, not far from the volcanic fissure of Eldgjá and the small village of Kirkjubæjarklaustur. The fissure is properly referred...
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    contemporary chronicle of the volcano Eldgjá's eruption in 939. The researchers suggested that the dramatic imagery of Eldgjá's eruption was purposefully invoked...
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    (200 sq mi) in 2019. The volume of ice is about 140 km3 (34 cu mi).: 184  The Eldgjá, a volcanic eruption fissure about 30 km (19 mi) long, which erupted in...
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  • Magman (火の山仮面マグマン将軍, Hinoyama Kamen Maguman Shōgun, 42–54): Hailing from the Eldgjá region in Iceland, he is the leader of the ruthless Eruption Battalion (噴火軍団...
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    near, many prominent Icelanders had accepted the new faith. Around 961, Eldgjá, a volcano in Southern Iceland, erupted 7.7 square miles of lava and lifted...
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  • a raised beach, or volcanic eruptions. For example, the lava fields of Eldgjá in Iceland where Laki and Katla fissures erupted in the year 935 and the...
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    produced by Icelandic eruptions. Notable eruptions have included that of Eldgjá, a fissure of Katla, in 934 (the world's largest basaltic eruption ever...
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    half-brother Eric Bloodaxe. Haakon is installed as king of Norway. The Eldgjá volcanic eruption is the largest basalt flood in history (first documented)...
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  • have occurred as recently as 1970 Eldgjá ca 800 ca 2625 64°14′N 18°22′W / 64.24°N 18.37°W / 64.24; -18.37 (Eldgjá) 934 6 Also known as Katla, MýrdalsjökullA...
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    from the central volcano). The Eldgjá canyon and the Katla volcano form another volcanic system. Although the Eldgjá canyon and the Laki fissure are...
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    Iceland Mountains of Iceland Baula Borgarvirki Búrfellshyrna Búlandstindur Eldgjá Esjan Helgafell Herðubreið Hlíðarfjall Hvannadalshnúkur Kerling Kerlingarfjöll...
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    Stothers, Richard B. (August 1998). "Far Reach of the Tenth Century Eldgjá Eruption, Iceland" (PDF). Climatic Change. 39 (4): 715–726. doi:10.1023/A:1005323724072...
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    S2CID 37314098. Fei, J (2006). "The possible climatic impact in China of Iceland's Eldgja eruption inferred from historical sources". Climatic Change. 76 (3–4): 443–457...
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  • at Sólvangur Landmannalaugar F223 Eldgjárvegur F208 next to Stangakvísl Eldgjá F225 Landmannaleið 26 across from Búrfell 208 next to Frostastaðavatn F228...
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  • descriptions that resemble volcanic activity, possibly influenced by the Eldgjá eruption of the 930s. Other passages include several verses in the Hallmundarkviða...
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  • half-brother Eric Bloodaxe. Haakon is installed as king of Norway. The Eldgjá volcanic eruption is the largest basalt flood in history (first documented)...
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    lavas emitted during the 1973 Tolbachik eruption, albeit smaller than the Eldgja and Laki eruptions. This volume is unusual for a volcanic field of this...
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