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Hekla

American  
[hek-luh] / ˈhɛk lə /

noun

  1. an active volcano in SW Iceland. 4,892 feet (1,491 meters).


Hekla British  
/ ˈhɛklə /

noun

  1. a volcano in SW Iceland: several craters, subject to fairly frequent eruptions in recent times. Height: 1491 m (4892 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The film’s tour de force is that showdown at the base of Iceland’s Hekla volcano.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022

The towering cone of Hekla in the south is closer to the mantle hotspot, whereas the strings of small craters and fissures now forming in Reykjanes’s volcanic systems are where the plate boundary comes onshore.

From Scientific American • Aug. 24, 2022

But the marvelous irony is that, yes, Hekla does get her story, her observations of Iceland, Denmark and the people around her, her feelings and her sense of dedication out into the world.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2020

The road skirted west and north of Hekla, a volcano that last erupted in 2000 and that a thousand years ago was known in Europe as the Gateway to Hell.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2015

Six-and-twenty eruptions of Hekla have been recorded,—the last having occurred in 1845-46. 

From The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands by Anonymous

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