18-04-2010, 03:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 18-04-2010, 03:43 PM by Peter Lemkin.)
Eyjafjallajökull (pronounced [ˈɛɪjaˌfjalaˌjœːkʏtl̥], translated as "island-mountains glacier") ( listen (help·info)) is one of the smaller glaciers of Iceland, situated to the north of Skógar and to the west of Mýrdalsjökull. The icecap of the glacier covers a volcano with a summit elevation of 1,666 metres (5,466 ft). The volcano has erupted relatively frequently since the last glacial period.[1]
The glacier covers an area of about 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi). The south end of the mountain was once part of the island's Atlantic coastline, but the sea has since retreated some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), with the former coastline now forming sheer cliffs with a multitude of beautiful waterfalls, of which the best known is Skógafoss. In strong winds, the water of the smaller falls can even be blown up the mountain.
The volcano, which has a crater 3–4 kilometres (1.9–2.5 mi) in diameter, erupted in 920, 1612 and again from 1821 to 1823 when it caused a fatal glacial lake outburst flood.[2] Most recently it erupted twice in 2010—on 20 March and 14 April. The March event forced a brief evacuation of around 500 local people,[3][4] but the April eruption was ten to twenty times more powerful and caused massive disruption to air traffic across Northern Europe.
----if, as like the last time this volanco 'only' erupted for 'only' 3 years...no problemo for the aircraft corporations......they have all of my crocodile:bandit: tears.
The glacier covers an area of about 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi). The south end of the mountain was once part of the island's Atlantic coastline, but the sea has since retreated some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), with the former coastline now forming sheer cliffs with a multitude of beautiful waterfalls, of which the best known is Skógafoss. In strong winds, the water of the smaller falls can even be blown up the mountain.
The volcano, which has a crater 3–4 kilometres (1.9–2.5 mi) in diameter, erupted in 920, 1612 and again from 1821 to 1823 when it caused a fatal glacial lake outburst flood.[2] Most recently it erupted twice in 2010—on 20 March and 14 April. The March event forced a brief evacuation of around 500 local people,[3][4] but the April eruption was ten to twenty times more powerful and caused massive disruption to air traffic across Northern Europe.
----if, as like the last time this volanco 'only' erupted for 'only' 3 years...no problemo for the aircraft corporations......they have all of my crocodile:bandit: tears.
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