Holuhraun
Sign in to saveHoluhraun () is a lava field just north of the Vatnajökull ice cap, in the Icelandic Highlands, in Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Northeastern Region, Iceland. The lava field was created by fissure eruptions. After a research expedition in 1880, the lava field was initially called Kvislarhraun . Four years later, it received its current name from geologist and geographer Þorvaldur Thoroddsen.
Key facts
- Landform.name
- Holuhraun
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- Bárðarbunga Volcano, September 4 2014 - 15145875322.jpg
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- The Holuhraun lava field, on 4 September 2014, during the 2014 eruption
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- Iceland
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- Map of Iceland showing the location of Holuhraun.
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- Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Northeastern Region, Iceland
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- Lava field
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Holuhraun () is a lava field just north of the Vatnajökull ice cap, in the Icelandic Highlands, in Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Northeastern Region, Iceland. The lava field was created by fissure eruptions. After a research expedition in 1880, the lava field was initially called Kvislarhraun . Four years later, it received its current name from geologist and geographer Þorvaldur Thoroddsen.
Holuhraun was the site of a volcanic eruption which began on 29 August 2014 and produced a lava field of more than and – the largest in Iceland since 1783.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Holuhraun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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