- Hekla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛʰkla]), or Hecla, is a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 m (4,892 ft).
- Hekla, nicknamed ‘the Gateway to Hell’ in the Middle Ages, is one of Iceland’s most explosive, unpredictable and powerful volcanoes.
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- Hekla (Icelandic pronunciation: listen)), or Hecla, [2] [3] is a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 m (4,892 ft).
- Hekla is one of the most active volcanic systems in Iceland; having erupted over 20 times since the settlement of the country in ca. 874 CE.
- Typically, at least the beginning parts of Hekla's eruptions are largely explosive. ... Initially, a 6-7 km long eruptive fissure opened up along most of the Hekla ridge.
- Hekla has produced one of the world’s largest volumes of lava with around 8 km3 being spurted out over the last millennium.
- Morphologically Hekla represents an intermediary stage between a crater row and a stratovolcano. ... Hekla erupts a magma type which is unique for Iceland.
- Hekla had four minor eruptions during this time: in 1970, 1980, 1991, and 2000. The eruption in 2000 lasted four days but caused no significant damage.
- During the Middle Ages, Europeans called the volcano the "Gateway to Hell". Hekla is part of a volcanic ridge, 40 kilometres (25Â mi) long.