- Map of Eyjafjallajökull glacier showing its named glacial catchments (light grey shading with white outline).
- When Eyjafjallajökull's ash cloud disrupted air travel, it was due to several factors, including that the volcano is directly under the jet stream, and the direction...
- Eyjafjallajökull is a type of volcano known as a stratovolcano, which is also called a composite volcano, is shaped like a cone and is made up of lots of layers...
- In typical Icelandic stratovolcano fashion, the Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajökull will do everything from long fissure cracks to explosive summit eruptions.
- Eyjafjallajökull is a composite volcano, or it is also known as the stratovolcano that concludes that it is made up of layers of ash, solid stone and lava.
- Eyjafjallajökull is an elongated structure somewhat resembling a shield volcano, which is about 25 km long from E-W and 20 km wide from N-S with a relatively flat...
- Most of Eyjafjallajökull’s historical eruptions have been known to be quite explosive as the volcano is fed by a magma chamber that rests under the mountain.
- 800,000 years old, Eyjafjallajökull is regarded as the oldest active strato volcano on the island and possesses a glacier which is one of the sixth largest in Iceland.
- The name Eyjafjallajökull translates into English as island mountain glacier, which seems pretty obvious, right?
- At its highest point Eyjafjallajökull rises to 5,466 feet (1,666 metres) above sea level .
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- Yüzölçümü:100 km²
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