Katla

British

noun

an ice-capped volcano in the Mýrdalsjökull glacier in south Iceland. Named after an Icelandic witch, its last major eruption was in 1918. Height: 1512 m (4961 ft)

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The 8th century Katla eruption created a 12-year spike in metals like bismuth and thallium in Greenland ice cores.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2026

Katla last erupted in 1918, and that eruption lasted almost a month, starving crops of sunlight and killing some livestock.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

June 17 "Black Summer" Season 2 "The Gift" Season 3 "Hospital Playlist" Season 2 "Katla" "Silver Linings Playbook"

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2021

More than a dozen ice cauldrons formed atop the Katla volcano in Iceland in 1999, Tuffen says, and scientists still are not sure whether they came from an eruption or not.

From Nature ● Aug. 28, 2014

They returned yet a third time, and a third delusion was prepared for them; for Katla had given her son the appearance of a hog, which seemed to grovel upon the heap of ashes.

From Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian by Various

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