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Öræfajökull (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈœːrˌaiːvaˌjœːkʏtl̥] ⓘ; 'Öræfi glacier' or 'wasteland glacier') is an ice-covered volcano in south-east Iceland. The largest active volcano and the highest peak in Iceland at 2,110 metres (6,920 ft), it lies within the Vatnajökull National Park and is covered by part of the glacier.
For comparison the volcano Anak Krakatoa eruption in 2018 was also rated as a VEI-4 event. [4] [5] [3] The 1778 eruption of Raikoke was the largest of the recent volcanic events destroying the upper third of the island. [6] The only known fatalities from the eruptions was during the 1778 eruption when fifteen were killed from falling lava bombs ...
Skjaldbreiður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈscaltˌpreiːðʏr̥] ⓘ, "broad shield") is an Icelandic lava shield formed in a huge and quite protracted eruption series from about roughly 9,500 years ago. [2]
Unlike other volcanoes around the world that can go centuries between eruptions, this one can be measured in years. The most recent eruptions occurred in 1998, 2011 and 2015.
Puʻu ʻŌʻō (also spelled Pu‘u‘ō‘ō, and often written Puu Oo, pronounced [ˈpuʔu ˈʔoːʔoː], poo-oo-OH-oh) is a volcanic cone on the eastern rift zone of Kīlauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. The eruption that created Puʻu ʻŌʻō began on January 3, 1983, and continued nearly continuously until April 30, 2018, making it ...
A volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland flared again late Wednesday night, marking the region's seventh eruption in just one year. Lava burst from a crack in the ground before midnight ...
The offshore volcanoes have produced 15 different tephra layers in the region. [10] The volcano erupted for a 30 odd year period ending in 1240 CE. [11] In 1226 CE an explosive eruption off Reykjanes produced about 0.1 km 3 (0.024 cu mi) of tephra with deposits up to 100 km (62 mi) away. [12]
At least 16 eruptions have been recorded from the volcano, [4] with the first one occurring in 1808. [1] Dr. Adolf Meyer witnessed a large eruption in 1871. Ruang was uninhabited at the time, but the inhabitants of nearby Tagulandang had many plantations on its slopes.