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Jökulhlaup and sub glacial volcanoes

Published on 7 December, 2006 By Vikingsson

One of the most amazing (imho) natural phenomenon on this planet is a sub glacial volcano. That is, a volcano beneath a glacier. I’m surprised that I hardly knew anything about them until recently. Underneath most of the glaciers in Iceland are volcanoes. When they erupt they melt ice from the bottom and if the [...]