Flashcards: Iceland East Volcanic Zone

Tindfjallajökull is a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland.

Bárðarbunga (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpaurðarpuŋka] ), Bardarbunga (Anglophone spelling), is a stratovolcano located under Vatnajökull, Iceland's most extensive glacier.

Torfajökull (Icelandic for "Torfi's glacier") is a rhyolitic stratovolcano and complex of subglacial volcanoes, located north of Mýrdalsjökull and south of Þórisvatn Lake, Iceland.

Grímsvötn (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkrimsvœʰtn̥]; vötn = "waters", singular: vatn) is a volcano in South-East Iceland.

Hekla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛʰkla] ), or Hecla, is a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 m (4,892 ft).

Laki or Lakagígar (Craters of Laki) is a volcanic fissure in the south of Iceland, not far from the canyon of Eldgjá and the small village of Kirkjubæjarklaustur.

The Brennisteinsalda is a volcano in the south of Iceland.

Vatnafjöll is a 40 km (25 mi) long, 9 km (6 mi) wide basaltic fissure vent system that is located southeast of Hekla, Iceland.

Katla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰahtla] ) is a large volcano in southern Iceland.

Eldgjá (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈɛltcau] , "fire canyon") is a volcano and a canyon in Iceland.

Eyjafjallajökull (Icelandic pronunciation [ˈeɪjaˌfjatlaˌjœːkʏtl̥] ), English Eyjafjalla Glacier, is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, north of Skógar and west of Mýrdalsjökull.

Bláhnjúkur is a volcano in the south of Iceland.

Þórólfsfell is a basaltic tuya in southern Iceland, east of Fljótshlíð.