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Katla

Volcano in Iceland

Mountainsubglacial volcano volcanoQ201914

Also known as Katla

Elevation: 1,450 m
Country: Iceland
Located in: Mýrdalshreppur

Overview

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Katla is an active subglacial volcano in southern Iceland. This volcano has been very active historically with at least twenty documented major eruptions since 2920 BC. In its recent history though, Katla has been less active as the last major eruption occurred in 1918. These eruptions have had a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of between 4 and 5 on a scale of 0 to 8. In comparison, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption had a VEI of 4. Larger VEI-5 eruptions are comparable to Mount St. Helens 1980 eruption. These eruptions have produced very large glacial outburst floods. Several smaller (minor) events measuring VEI-1 and below have occurred since.

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Continent: Europe
Made from material: basalt
rhyolite
Volcano observatory: Nordic Volcanological Center
Significant event: last volcanic eruption(1918–1918)
Different from: Q97372178
Native label: Katla

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15 identifiers linking Katla across the web's reference databases

63.6333, -19.0500OpenStreetMap ↗

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