volcanic system is located on the Eastern Volcanic zone,
approximately 25
km west of Katla volcano. Eyjafjallajökull volcano is a 1666 m
high stratovolcano with an east-west elongated direction, the system is about
25
km long and 15
km wide. The volcano is mostly covered by ice and has an
ice-filled caldera of about 2.5
km wide.In the last
8000 years Eyjafjallajökul has been moderately active
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