Eldfell
Eldfell is a volcanic cone just over 200 metres high on the Icelandic island of Heimaey in the Westman Islands. It formed in a volcanic eruption that began without warning on the eastern side of Heimaey on 23 January 1973.
- Volcano rising to 73 metres (240 feet)
- Description: mountain
Places of Interest
Highlights include Helgafell and Vestmannaeyjar Airport.
Vestmannaeyjar Airport
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The Stave Church
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vestmannaeyjar.
Eldfell
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Latitude
63.43232° or 63° 25′ 56″ north
Longitude
-20.24728° or 20° 14′ 50″ west
Open location code
99MXCQJ3+W3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Eldfell” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Eldfell”
- Arabic: “إلدفيل”
- Azerbaijani: “Eldfell”
- Azerbaijani: “Eldfetl”
- Basque: “Eldfell”
- Belarusian: “Вулкан Эльдфетль”
- Belarusian: “Эльдфетль”
- Belarusian: “Эльдфэтль”
- Bulgarian: “Елдфел”
- Catalan: “Eldfell”
- Cebuano: “Eldfell”
- Chinese: “埃尔德菲尔”
- Czech: “Eldfell”
- Danish: “Eldfell”
- Dutch: “Eldfell”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الدفيل”
- Estonian: “Eldfell”
- Finnish: “Eldfell”
- French: “Eldfell”
- Galician: “Eldfell”
- German: “Eldfell”
- German: “Kirkjufell”
- Hebrew: “אלדפטל”
- Hebrew: “אלדפל”
- Hungarian: “Eldfell”
- Icelandic: “Eldfell”
- Icelandic: “Heimaeyjargosið”
- Icelandic: “Vestmannaeyjagosið”
- Italian: “Eldfell”
- Japanese: “エルトフェットル”
- Korean: “엘드펠”
- Ladin: “Eldfell”
- Macedonian: “Елдфедл”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eldfell”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eldfell”
- Norwegian: “Eldfell”
- Polish: “Eldfell”
- Portuguese: “Eldfell”
- Russian: “Эльдфедль”
- Russian: “Эльдфетль”
- Serbian: “Елдфел”
- Slovak: “Eldfell”
- Spanish: “Eldfell”
- Swedish: “Eldfell”
- Turkish: “Eldfell”
- Ukrainian: “Ельдфетль”
- Venetian: “Eldfell”
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