Subglacial volcano
Videos
A subglacial volcano, also known as a glaciovolcano, is a volcanic form produced by subglacial eruptions or eruptions beneath the surface of a glacier or ice sheet which is then melted into a lake by
Ice covered Katla volcano, Iceland, in 2011, with hydrothermally or eruption caused ice cauldrons. The volcanic ash is from the 2010 eruptions at nearby Eyjafjallajökull volcano.
Small subglacial eruption at Mount Redoubt, Alaska
Explosive subglacial eruption at Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, in 2010
45,000 m3/s (1,600,000 ft3/s) jökulhlaup on Skeiðarársandur, Iceland, in 1996 in connection with a eruption in Grímsvötn
Sveifluháls
Videos
Sveifluháls is a mafic hyaloclastite ridge of 397 m height in the southwest of Iceland in Gullbringusýsla. It is part of Krýsuvík volcanic system and of the protected area Reykjanes Fólkvangur.
Sveifluháls seen from Krýsuvíkurvegur.
Probably produced by a similar type of eruption: Memorial of jökulhlaup over Skeiðarársandur following the Grímsvötn-Gjálp eruption in 1996
Sveifluháls from Seltún geothermal area
Sveifluháls seen from Grænavatn maar