Stóra-Björnsfell
Sign in to savethumb|Stóra-Björnsfell to the right of Þórisjökull Stóra-Björnsfell () is an elongated medium-sized tuya located in Iceland. It contains pillow lava, hyaloclastite and sheet lava. The volcano formed when a subglacial eruption occurred beneath an ice sheet during the last ice age. Stóra-Björnsfell's pillow lava appears originally to have erupted from a fissure.
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thumb|Stóra-Björnsfell to the right of Þórisjökull Stóra-Björnsfell () is an elongated medium-sized tuya located in Iceland. It contains pillow lava, hyaloclastite and sheet lava. The volcano formed when a subglacial eruption occurred beneath an ice sheet during the last ice age. Stóra-Björnsfell's pillow lava appears originally to have erupted from a fissure.
==See also== Volcanism of Iceland
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