Katla volcano

Katla is an active subglacial volcano in southern Iceland. This volcano has been very active historically with at least twenty documented major eruptions since 2920 BC.
Wikipedia
  • Volcano rising to 1,512 metres (4,961 feet)
  • …is also known as “Katla”
  • Description: volcano in Iceland

Katla volcano

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Latitude
63.62999° or 63° 37′ 48″ north
Longitude
-19.04998° or 19° 2′ 60″ west
Open location code
9CM2JXH2+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 697312035
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
2629403
Wiki­data ID
Q201914

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Uzbek—“Katla volcano” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Katla”
  • Arabic: “كاتلا”
  • Armenian: “Կատլա”
  • Asturian: “Katla”
  • Basque: “Katla”
  • Belarusian: “Вулкан Катла”
  • Belarusian: “Катла”
  • Belarusian: “Катля”
  • Catalan: “Katla”
  • Chinese: “卡特拉火山”
  • Croatian: “Katla”
  • Czech: “Katla”
  • Danish: “Katla”
  • Dutch: “Katla”
  • Esperanto: “Katla”
  • Estonian: “Katla mägi”
  • Estonian: “Katla vulkaan”
  • Estonian: “Katla”
  • Finnish: “Katla”
  • French: “Katla”
  • French: “Katlogiaa”
  • French: “Koetlegiaa”
  • French: “Kotlugja”
  • French: “Kötlugjá”
  • Galician: “Katla”
  • Georgian: “კატლა”
  • German: “Katla”
  • Greek: “Κάτλα”
  • Hebrew: “הר הגעש קטלה”
  • Hungarian: “Katla”
  • Icelandic: “Katla”
  • Indonesian: “Katla”
  • Italian: “Katla”
  • Japanese: “カットラ”
  • Japanese: “カトラ山”
  • Japanese: “カトラ火山”
  • Kirghiz: “Катла”
  • Korean: “카틀라 화산”
  • Lithuanian: “Katla”
  • Macedonian: “Катла”
  • Northern Sami: “Katla”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Katla”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Katla”
  • Norwegian: “Katla”
  • Persian: “کاتلا”
  • Persian: “کالتا”
  • Polish: “Katla”
  • Portuguese: “Katla”
  • Romanian: “Vulcanul Katla”
  • Russian: “Катла”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Katla”
  • Slovak: “Katla”
  • Slovenian: “Katla”
  • Spanish: “Katla”
  • Swedish: “Katla”
  • Ukrainian: “Катла”
  • Uzbek: “Katla”

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