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Eyjafjallajökull

Eyjafjallajökull, sometimes referred to by the numeronym E15, is one of the smaller ice caps of , north of and west of . The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of 1,651 metres.
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  • Type: Icecap
  • Description: ice cap in Iceland covering the caldera of a volcano
  • Also known as: “E15”, “Evjafjallajökull”, “Eyjafjalla Glacier”, and “Eyjallajokull”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eyjafjallajökul.

Volcano
Photo: Joschenbacher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a volcano.

Eyjafjallajökull

Latitude
63.6298° or 63° 37′ 47″ north
Longitude
-19.61895° or 19° 37′ 8″ west
Elevation
1,533 metres (5,030 feet)
Open location code
9CM2J9HJ+WC
Geo­Names ID
2632009
Wiki­data ID
Q39651
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Eyjafjallajökull” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Albanian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Amharic: “ኧያፍያትላዮኪውትል”
  • Arabic: “إيافيالايوكل”
  • Arabic: “ايافيالايوكل”
  • Aragonese: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Aragonese: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Armenian: “Էյաֆյաթլայոքուդլ”
  • Armenian: “Էյաֆյաթլայոքուլ”
  • Asturian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Azerbaijani: “Eyyafyatlayokudl vulkanı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Eyyafyatlayokudl”
  • Bashkir: “Эйяфьядлайёкюдль”
  • Basque: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Belarusian: “Вулкан Эйяф’ядлаёкюдль”
  • Belarusian: “Эйяф’ядлаёкюдль”
  • Belarusian: “Эяфьядлаёкюдль”
  • Bosnian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Breton: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Bulgarian: “Ейяфятлайокул”
  • Bulgarian: “Ейяфятлайокутл”
  • Bulgarian: “Ейяфятлайокутъл”
  • Burmese: “အေးယာဖယာလာယုကူလ်”
  • Catalan: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Catalan: “Eyjafjöll”
  • Cebuano: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Chinese: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Chinese: “埃亚菲亚德拉冰盖”
  • Chinese: “埃亚菲亚德拉火山”
  • Chinese: “埃亚菲亚拉冰盖”
  • Chinese: “埃亞菲亞德拉”
  • Chinese: “艾雅法拉”
  • Chinese: “艾雅法拉冰川”
  • Chinese: “艾雅法拉冰河”
  • Chinese: “艾雅法拉冰河火山”
  • Chinese: “艾雅法拉火山”
  • Croatian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Czech: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Czech: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Czech: “Eyjafjöll”
  • Danish: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Dutch: “Eilandbergengletsjer”
  • Dutch: “Eyjafallajoekull”
  • Dutch: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Dutch: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايافياتلايوكوتل”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايچافچالاچوكل”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايچافچالاچوكول”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايچافچالچوكل”
  • Esperanto: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Estonian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Finnish: “Eyjafjalla”
  • Finnish: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • French: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • French: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Galician: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Georgian: “აიუჰვედლეუკი”
  • Georgian: “ეიაფიადლაიეკუდლი”
  • Georgian: “ეიაფიალაიეკული”
  • German: “Eyjafjalla”
  • German: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Greek: “Εϊγιαφιατλαγιοκούλ”
  • Greek: “Εϊγιαφιατλαγιοκούτλ”
  • Greek: “Εϊγιαφιάτλαγιοκουτλ”
  • Hebrew: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Hebrew: “אייאפיאטלאייגוט”
  • Hebrew: “אייאפיאטלאייקוטל”
  • Hebrew: “אייאפיאלאייקול”
  • Hebrew: “אייפייליוקול”
  • Hebrew: “הר הגעש אייפייליוקול”
  • Hindi: “ऍयाफ़्यात्लायोएकुत्ल्ल”
  • Hungarian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Icelandic: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Indonesian: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Indonesian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Italian: “Eyjafjallajkull”
  • Italian: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Italian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Italian: “Eyjafjallalokull”
  • Italian: “Eyjafjallokull”
  • Japanese: “アイヤフィヤラ氷河”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィアトラヨークトル”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィヤットラヨークトル”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィヤットラヨークトル氷河”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィヤットラヨークトル火山”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィヤットラ氷河”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィヤットラ火山”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィヤトラヨークトル”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィヤトラヨークトル氷河”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィヤトラヨークトル火山”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィヤトラ氷河”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィヤトラ火山”
  • Japanese: “エイヤフィヨットル氷河”
  • Japanese: “エイヤ山氷河”
  • Javanese: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Javanese: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Kabardian: “Эйяфьядлайёкюдль”
  • Kalaallisut: “E15”
  • Kalaallisut: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Kazakh: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Kazakh: “Эйяфьядлайокюдль”
  • Kazakh: “Эйяфьяллайөкүдл”
  • Khmer: “ភ្នំភ្លើង អ៊ីស៊ាឡឺក”
  • Korean: “에이야퍄들라예퀴들”
  • Korean: “에이야퍄들라이외퀴들”
  • Korean: “에이야퍄틀라이외쿠틀”
  • Korean: “에이야퍄틀라이외퀴틀”
  • Korean: “에이야프야틀라이외쿠틀”
  • Korean: “에이야프얄라요쿨”
  • Korean: “에이야피아들라예퀴들”
  • Korean: “에이자프잘라조쿨”
  • Latin: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Latvian: “Eijafjadlajegidls”
  • Latvian: “Eijafjadlajekudls”
  • Latvian: “Eijafjadlajokudls”
  • Latvian: “Eijafjallajekulls”
  • Latvian: “Eijafjallajekuls”
  • Lithuanian: “Ejafjadlajokudlis”
  • Lithuanian: “Eyjafjalajokutlis”
  • Low German: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Luxembourgish: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Macedonian: “Ејафјадлајекидл”
  • Malay: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Northern Frisian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eyafjallajökull”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eyafjellsjøkulen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Norwegian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Ossetian: “Эйяфьядлаёкюдль”
  • Ossetian: “Эйяфьядлайёкудль”
  • Ossetian: “Эйяфьядлайёкюдль”
  • Ossetian: “Эйяфьятлайокудль”
  • Persian: “ایافیاتلایوکوتل”
  • Persian: “ایافیالایوکول”
  • Persian: “ایجاف جالا جوکول”
  • Persian: “ایجاف جالاجوکول”
  • Persian: “ایجافجالا جوکول”
  • Persian: “ایجافجالاجکول”
  • Persian: “ایجافجالاجوکول”
  • Polish: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Portuguese: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Portuguese: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Portuguese: “Geleira eyjafjallajökull”
  • Romanian: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Romanian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Romansh: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Russian: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Russian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Russian: “Эйяфьядлайёкудль”
  • Russian: “Эйяфьядлайёкюдль”
  • Scots: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Serbian: “Ајафјалајекул”
  • Serbian: “Ејафјадлајекидл”
  • Serbian: “Ејафјатлајекул”
  • Serbian: “Ејеафјатлајокутл”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ejafjadlajekidl”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Slovak: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Slovenian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Spanish: “Austurjökull”
  • Spanish: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Spanish: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar de Eyjafjalla”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar de Eyjafjälla”
  • Spanish: “Glaciar Eyjafjalla”
  • Spanish: “Hájökull”
  • Sundanese: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Swahili: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Swedish: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Tamil: “எய்யாபியாட்லயாகுட் எரிமலை”
  • Thai: “E15”
  • Thai: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Thai: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Thai: “เอย์ยาฟิยัตลาเยอคึตซ์”
  • Thai: “ไอยาฟยาพลาเยอร์คูดุล”
  • Turkish: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Turkish: “Eyyafyallayöküll”
  • Ukrainian: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейяф’ятлайокудль”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейяф’ятлайокуль”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейяф’ятлайокутль”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейяф’ятлайокюдль”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейяф’ятлайокютль”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейяфьядлайокудль”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейяфьяллайекуль”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейяфьятлайокудль”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейяфьятлайокюдль”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейяфьятлайокютль”
  • Ukrainian: “Еяф’ятлайокюдль”
  • Uzbek: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Vietnamese: “Eyjafjallajokul”
  • Vietnamese: “Eyjafjallajokull”
  • Vietnamese: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi lửa Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Walloon: “Eyjafjalla”
  • Walloon: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Welsh: “Eyjafjallajökull”
  • Western Panjabi: “ائیافیلایوکل”
  • Wu Chinese: “埃亚菲亚德拉冰盖”
  • Yakut: “Эйафьадлайокудль”
  • Yiddish: “עיאפיאטלאיעקול”
  • Yue Chinese: “艾雅法拉冰川”
  • “Eyjafjallajökull”

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