Hekla
Sign in to saveHekla (), or Hecla, is an active stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of . Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since the year 1210. During the Middle Ages, the Icelandic Norse called the volcano the "Gateway to Hell" and the idea spread over much of Europe.
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Hekla is an active volcano in southern Iceland that has erupted more than 20 times since 1210, making it one of Iceland's most frequently active volcanoes. During the Middle Ages, people in Iceland and across Europe feared it so much that they called it the "Gateway to Hell."
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- Etymology
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- 1970 to 1991
- 2000
- Eruption Summary
- Flora and fauna
- Sport and recreation
- In popular culture
- Architecture
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Hekla (), or Hecla, is an active stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of . Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since the year 1210. During the Middle Ages, the Icelandic Norse called the volcano the "Gateway to Hell" and the idea spread over much of Europe.
The volcano's frequent large and often initially explosive eruptions have covered much of Iceland with tephra, and these layers can be used to date eruptions of Iceland's other volcanoes. Approximately 10% of the tephra created in Iceland in the last thousand years has come from Hekla, amounting to . Cumulatively, the volcano has produced one of the largest volumes of lava of any in the world in the last millennium, around .