Knowingly gave Iceland a poetic name - "land of ice and fire."The country of ten percent is covered by glaciers and a volcano in Iceland - not just fire-breathing mountain, and the element of national folklore.Volcanic eruptions are occurring on average every five years.However, most of them are quite peaceful.And more recently, almost unpronounceable oronym "Eyyafyadlayekyudl" learned to articulate not only Europe, but the whole world.
Icelanders are not accustomed to regular eruptions.The first Icelandic volcano, whose eruption recorded in the annals - Torfaekyudl.It erupted in 1477, but serious inconvenience Aborigines did not deliver as historical tablets do not report anything about the destruction caused by them.
Many volcanoes have the status of "dormant" because it does not erupt very long time.For example, the volcano erupted in Herdubreyd first and last time about three hundred thirty thousand years ago.Geologists say that the eruption was associated with the "birth" of the volcano.Since then he is silent, waiting in the wings, and when he comes - is unknown.Another asleep volcano - Curling.The volcano is located on the northern coast of the island and has a height of more than one and a half kilometers.Its last eruption was six to seven million years ago.
most famous volcano in Iceland - Hekla.Of all the fire-breathing mountains of the island it is - the most active.For frequent eruptions Icelanders called him "the gate to hell."Hekla is owned Icelandic record for the duration of the eruption.Having disposed of lava March 27, 1947, Hekla has "misbehave" only in April 1948, that is over a year later!Scientists have found that some Hekla eruptions in prehistoric times were the reason for the decrease in the average temperature of the Northern Hemisphere a few degrees!This was made possible because of the large amounts of volcanic ash and dust that blocked the path of the sun.In Iceland there is a legend that on top of Hekla during the Easter holiday going to your coven.However, it is unclear why the witches are going there during the Christian holiday.Evil Spirit, by definition, should be during the celebration of the Light hidden in their underground shelters.Although who knows, maybe Hekla is such a safe haven for them.
second most popular volcano in Iceland - Eyyafyadlayekyudl.It is located in the southern part of the island and became famous in 2010 when as a result of its powerful eruption in the atmosphere has been thrown a huge amount of ash.Then, because of problems in the air navigation was transferred a large number of flights.To be precise, this small volcano until 2010 his name was not, and was named the glacier in an area where it is located.
Eruption in Iceland for the locals - is the same than for the inhabitants of Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands is the activity of the local hills: Yes, it is unpleasant, but sometimes dangerous, but nothing helped.And already accustomed.
name of the volcano in Iceland (Eyyafyadlayekyudl, for example), unpronounceable to most people in the world because of the archaism of the Icelandic language.If mainland Scandinavian languages: Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, feeling the impact of the neighbors, much away from their common ancestor, the Icelandic language is almost identical to the ancient Vikings.Icelanders can easily read, even in the original Edda - the works of the ancient epic, while the descendants of the Vikings from the mainland are deprived of such opportunities.This is equivalent to, if we could read in the original "Tale of Bygone Years" Nestor monk or "Tale of Igor's Campaign".
