Eyjafjallajökull

Català: Eyjafjallajökull és la cinquena glacera més gran d'Islàndia. Es troba al nord de la regió d'Skógar i a l'oest d'una glacera de major mida Mýrdalsjökull. La capa de glaç de la glacera cobreix el volcà (del mateix nom que la glacera).

Deutsch: Eyjafjallajökull ist ein subglazialer Vulkan im Süden von Island. Seine letzten Ausbrüche fanden im Jahr 2010 statt.

English: Eyjafjallajökull is a subglacial volcano in the south of Iceland. The latest eruptions were in 2010.

Français : Eyjafjallajökull est un volcan sous-glaciaire dans le sud de l' Islande. Ses dernières éruptions furent en 2010.

Русский: Эйяфьядлайёкюдль — подледникового вулкан на юге Исландии.

Eyjafjallajökull subglacial eruptions in April - June 2010 Edit

The second series of eruptions started subglacially under Eyjafjallajökull himself the 14th of April 2010 and went on til the end of June. They were explosive, producing very fine grained tephra of a trachyandesite type which caused important disruptions of European airtravel during the next weeks and months.

Cross cutting through the neighbouring Eyjafjöll and Katla volcanic systems with indication of the eruption locations

Scheme of a subglacial eruption. 1. Water vapor cloud, 2. Lake, 3. Ice, 4. Layers of lava and ash, 5. Stratum, 6. Pillow lava, 7. Magma conduit, 8. Magma chamber, 9. Dike

2010-04-17: The ash plume from the second eruption in Eyjafjallajökull seen from Fljótshlíð 1