Where is eyjafjallajökull located

Those who rent a car can travel South to see it independently. Far more explosive, and under much thicker ice, an eruption here in unfavourable wind conditions could have worldwide consequences. Many rivers flow from its meltwater, and one of these falls into the beautiful South Coast waterfall, Seljalandsfoss , which it is possible to fully encircle. On March 27th, , magma began to bubble from beneath the surface, and by April 14th, ash was starting to billow from the peak.

Animals were ordered to be kept inside, and those with respiratory problems told they should also stay indoors. Air travel across Europe was halted, as, by the evening of April 15th, the ash was already over the UK, Scandinavia, and parts of Germany. Holidaymakers were trapped, waiting for news, and would end up stuck for eight days; in Scotland and Ireland, there were even flights delayed in May due to lingering effects. Thankfully, no one was injured, although the ash is thought to have caused respiratory issues for some in the south of the country.

Many farms were also destroyed by the ash and floods, with some farmers still struggling to recover today. The latter released a huge amount of fluoride which is believed to have affected the bone health of humans and animals alike at the time.

Get a vacation. Book your tours. The eruption is described more fully in our Eyjafjallajokull volcano article. In there was an enormous landslide onto Steinholtsjokull. On January 15th , at , there was an explosion in the cliff Innstihaus.

When the landslide of about 15 million cubic metres hit the glacier, a huge wave of air, ice, water and huge cliffs started to run from under the glacier and into the lagoon at the foot of the glacier. The wave got as high as 75 metres from the floor of the valley.

The sea now being at a distance of about 5 km from there, the former coastline left behind sheer cliffs with a multitude of beautiful waterfalls. When there are sharp winds, the water from the minor falls is sometimes even blown up the mountain. The area under Eyjafjoll where now numerous farms stand along the black sand coastal strip was in the past under water, but glacial deposits gradually pushed the coastline into the sea.

Located south of the intersection between the South Iceland Seismic Zone and the Eastern Volcanic Zone, Eyjafjallajokull is close to a propagating rift zone — and, close to an inhabited region. On the 14th of April , a phone-call in the dead of night was the first hint that the people living at the foot of Eyjafjallajokull heard that the volcano was about to erupt.

The call had come from an Icelandic Civil Protection official. Shortly after, the volcano started erupting from the top crater in the centre of the glacier, where the melt had made its way into the central crater. After 24 hours, with the volcanic activity still intensifying, the plume had risen to some 11 km, increasing in size several times, as it stretched to eventually cover an area nearly the size of Western Europe.

Electrical storms were also observed. Experts have since suggested that the Eyjafjallajokull eruptions were precipitated by several "microearthquakes", which, in turn, triggered a chain reaction of expanding magma chambers descending into the Earth at various depths below the surface. At the time, Icelandic scientists had been quick to add more seismometers to the network close to the volcano, enabling collection of excellent satellite imaging data for analysis.