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and it includes a 9
by 14 km caldera, with ice-thickness up to 700 m.Historical eruptions of Katla are predominantly explosive,
generating ash-rich plumes and glacial outburst floods (jökulhlaups). In
historical times, jökulhlaups have inundated Mýrdalssandur, to the east. Prehistoric
jökulhlaups are also known to have drained to the west and north-west of the
volcano, affecting Markarfljót.Lava
/about-imo/news/100-years-since-katla-erupted