Hekla
Hekla, or Hecla, is an active stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 m. Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since the year 1210.
- Volcano rising to 1,491 metres (4,892 feet)
- …is also known as “Hecla”
- Description: stratovolcano in southern Iceland
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Latitude
63.9927° or 63° 59′ 34″ north
Longitude
-19.66582° or 19° 39′ 57″ west
Open location code
9CM2X8VM+3M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = volcano
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Hekla” goes by many names.
HeklaAfrikaans
هيكلاArabic
ՀեկլաArmenian
HeklaAsturian
Hekla vulkanıAzerbaijani
HeklaBasque
Вулкан ГеклаBelarusian
ГеклаBelarusian
ГэкляBelarusian
ХеклаBulgarian
HeklaCatalan
HeklaCebuano
Hekla (bolkan)Cebuano
海克拉火山Chinese
赫克拉火山Chinese
HeklaCroatian
HeklaCzech
HekkenfeldtDanish
HeklaDanish
HeklaDutch
HeklaEsperanto
HekloEsperanto
HeklaEstonian
HeklaFaroese
HeklaFinnish
HeklaGalician
ჰეკლაGeorgian
ΈκλαGreek
ΧέκλαGreek
הקלהHebrew
HeklaHungarian
HeklaIcelandic
HeklaIndonesian
HeklaItalian
ヘクラ山Japanese
ヘクラ火山Japanese
ヘックラJapanese
ГеклаKirghiz
헤클라 산Korean
HeklaLatvian
HeklaLimburgan
HeklaLithuanian
ХеклаMacedonian
हेक्लाMarathi
HeklaNorwegian
HeklaNorwegian Bokmål
HeklaNorwegian Nynorsk
ГеклæOssetian
هکلاPersian
HeklaPolish
HeklaRomanian
ГеклаRussian
ХеклаSerbian
HeklaSerbo-Croatian
GeklaUzbek
XeklaUzbek
HeklaWestern Frisian
ہکلاWestern Panjabi
海克拉火山Wu Chinese
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