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... Hekla , Torfa jökull , and the vast ice regions of Hofs and Vatna jökulls is , in fact , occupied by ground rising gradually in rolling sweeps , till it meets the snows of Skapta . Towards the apex of the triangle , the glacier ...
... Hekla , Torfa jökull , and the vast ice regions of Hofs and Vatna jökulls is , in fact , occupied by ground rising gradually in rolling sweeps , till it meets the snows of Skapta . Towards the apex of the triangle , the glacier ...
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... Hekla , for instance , is a fell , whilst the terrible Skapta is a jökull . The most violent volcanic action seems to lie in a band from Krafla to Reykjanes . In this belt lie the following principal volcanoes - Krafla XX INTRODUCTION .
... Hekla , for instance , is a fell , whilst the terrible Skapta is a jökull . The most violent volcanic action seems to lie in a band from Krafla to Reykjanes . In this belt lie the following principal volcanoes - Krafla XX INTRODUCTION .
Page xxi
... Hekla for the second time . 1104-5 . Hekla for the third time . 1113. Hekla for the fourth time . 1150. Trölladyngja for the first time . 1157. Hekla for the fifth time . 1188. Second eruption of Trölladyngia . 1204. Hekla . Sixth ...
... Hekla for the second time . 1104-5 . Hekla for the third time . 1113. Hekla for the fourth time . 1150. Trölladyngja for the first time . 1157. Hekla for the fifth time . 1188. Second eruption of Trölladyngia . 1204. Hekla . Sixth ...
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... Hekla . Fifteenth eruption , from a side crater . 1580. Sixth eruption of Katla , which then formed the huge rift ... Hekla . 1587. Bursting of ground near Thingvalla lake ; clouds of smoke and streams of lava gushed forth . 1597 ...
... Hekla . Fifteenth eruption , from a side crater . 1580. Sixth eruption of Katla , which then formed the huge rift ... Hekla . 1587. Bursting of ground near Thingvalla lake ; clouds of smoke and streams of lava gushed forth . 1597 ...
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... Hekla . Twenty - sixth eruption . 1860. Katla . Thirteenth eruption . 1861. Skapta threw up ash and sand . - - 1862. Trölladyngja erupted ash . There is much uncertainty about this explosion . From the above - given list it will be seen ...
... Hekla . Twenty - sixth eruption . 1860. Katla . Thirteenth eruption . 1861. Skapta threw up ash and sand . - - 1862. Trölladyngja erupted ash . There is much uncertainty about this explosion . From the above - given list it will be seen ...
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