Flashcards: Volcanoes of Iceland

Dyngjujökull (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈtiɲcʏˌjœːkʏtl̥], shield volcano glacier) is an outlet glacier of the Vatnajökull glacier in Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Northeastern Region, Iceland.

The mountain range Kverkfjöll (1,764 m) is situated on the north-eastern border of the glacier Vatnajökull in Iceland.

Jólnir was formerly a volcanic island south of Iceland.

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

Súlur is a mountain located to the south west of the town Akureyri in Iceland rising some 1213 meters.

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.

Skjaldbreiður, meaning the broad shield in Icelandic, is an Icelandic lava shield formed in one huge and protracted eruption roughly 9,000 years ago.

Krafla is a caldera of about 10 km in diameter with a 90 km long fissure zone, in the north of Iceland in the Mývatn region.

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

The volcano Prestahnúkur is in the west of the Highlands of Iceland to the west of Langjökull glacier, or to be more specific, to the west of Geitlandsjökull glacier, a part of the Langjökull.

Hverfjall (also known as Hverfell) is a tephra cone or tuff ring volcano in northern Iceland, to the east of Mývatn.

Kerlingarfjöll is a 1,477 m (4,846 ft)) tall mountain range in Iceland situated in the Highlands of Iceland near the Kjölur highland road.

Surtsey ("Surtr's island" in Icelandic, pronounced ˈsʏr̥tsei) is a volcanic island located in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the southern coast of Iceland.

Situated in the Ódáðahraun lava field, Trölladyngja is the biggest of the Icelandic shield volcanoes, reaching a height of 1,468 metres (4,816 ft) above sea level, and rising almost 600 metres above the surrounding desert and lava fields.

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.

Askja ([ˈascja] ) is a caldera situated in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland.

The Brennisteinsalda is a volcano in the south of Iceland.

The mountain Esja (914 m (2,999 ft)), often called Esjan ("the Esja"), is situated in the south-west of Iceland, about 10 km to the north of Iceland's capital city Reykjavík.

Hengill (Icelandic, pronounced [hɛɪŋcɪtl̥]) volcano is situated in the southwest of Iceland, to the south of Þingvellir.

Eldfell is a composite volcanic cone just over 200 metres (660 ft) high on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

Hofsjökull (Icelandic: “temple glacier”) is the third largest glacier in Iceland after Vatnajökull and Langjökull and the largest active volcano in the country.

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

Herðubreið (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛrðʏpreiθ], broad-shouldered) is a tuya in north-east 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.

Mt Kerling (Old Hag) is the highest mountain (1538 m) in the District of Eyjafjarðarsveit, in the northern part of Iceland.

Öræfajökull (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈœːraivaˌjœːkʏtl̥]) is an ice-covered volcano in south-east Iceland, at the southern extremity of the Vatnajökull glacier and overlooking the Ring Road between Höfn and Vík.

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

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

Grímsnes is a fissure or crater row volcano located in southwestern Iceland, a relatively small volcanic system located SE of Thingvallavatn lake east of an en echelon group of volcanic fields extending across the Reykjanes Peninsula.

Ljósufjöll is a fissure vent system and central volcano on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland.

Kollóttadyngja is a volcano in the Ódáðahraun lava-field in Iceland.

Helgafell is an inactive 227-metre-high volcanic cone located on the island of Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago in 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.

Freminrámur is a volcano located on the basalt plateau in Iceland.

Bláhnjúkur is a volcano in the south of Iceland.

Kolbeinsey (or, Kolbeinn's Isle, Seagull Rock, Mevenklint, Mevenklip, and Meeuw Steen) is a small islet 105 kilometres (65 mi) off the northern coast of Iceland, 74 kilometres (46 mi) north-northwest of the island of Grímsey.