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ca. 934
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Eldgjį - the longest volcanic fissure in the world was created
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1104
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Hekla - first eruption of Hekla since settlement in Iceland. The farm Stöng was destroyed.
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1158
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Hekla - no historical reports on destruction or other consequences
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1179
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Reykjaneshryggur - submarin volcano 34 km southwest of Reykjanes
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1188
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Krķsuvķk - eruption of Ogmundargigar west of Kleifarvatn on Reykjanes peninsula
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1206
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Hekla
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1211
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Reykjanes - historical reports on an eruption at the west coast of Reykjanes
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1222
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Hekla
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1223
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Reykjaneshryggur - submarin volcano 34 km southwest of Reykjanes
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1231 + 1238
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Reykjaneshryggur - submarin volcano
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1245
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Katla
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1262
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Katla
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1300
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Askja, or rather south of Dyngjufjöll
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1300
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Hekla - the lava flow Sušurhraun destroyed a farm
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1311
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Katla
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1332
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Grimsvötn
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1372
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Kolbeinsey
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1340
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Brennisteinsfjöll, Reykjanes
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1341
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Hekla
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1341
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Brennisteinsfjöll - east of Kleifarvatn on the Reykjanes peninsula
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1341
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Grimsvötn
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1362
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Hvannadalshnśkur, Öręfajökull
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1372
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Kolbeinsey
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1389
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Hekla
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1416
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Katla
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1422
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Reykjaneshryggur - submarin volcano 34 km southwest of Reykjanes
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1440
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Hekla
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1477
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Torfajökull / Bįrdarbunga
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1510
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Hekla
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1554
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Hekla
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1580
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Katla - glacier burst
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1583
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Reykjaneshryggur - submarin volcano 34 km southwest of Reykjanes
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1597
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Hekla
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1598
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Grimsvötn
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1603
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Grķmsvötn
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1612
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Katla - glacier burst
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1612
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Eyjafjallajökull
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1619
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Grimsvötn
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1625
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Katla - glacier burst
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1629
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Grimsvötn
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1636
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Hekla
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1638
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Grimsvötn
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1655
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Kverkfjöll
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1659
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Grimsvötn
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1660
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Katla - glacier burst
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1681
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Grimsvötn
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1693
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Hekla
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1706
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Grimsvötn
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1716
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Grķmsvötn
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1721
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Katla - glacier burst
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1724
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Viti / Krafla - the Viti crater was formed by a powerful explosion
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1724
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Viti am Krafla, beginning of the so called “Myvatn fires”
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1725
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Hekla
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1727
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Krafla - “Myvatn fires”
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1728
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Krafla - “Myvatn fires”
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1729
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Krafla - “Myvatn fires”
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1727-1728
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Hvannadalshnśkur, Öręfajökull
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1729
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Kverkfjöll
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1746
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Krafla
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1753
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Grimsvötn
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1755
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Katla - glacier burst
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1755
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Kolbeinsey
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1766
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Hekla
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1768
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Grimsvötn
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1774
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Grimsvötn
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1783
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Reykjaneshryggur - submarin volcano 34 km southwest of Reykjanes
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1783/84
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Laki (Lakagķgar) - largest lava flow in recorded history
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1816
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Grimsvötn
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1821-1823
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Eyjafjallajökull
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1823
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Katla - glacier burst
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1830-1831
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Reykjaneshryggur - submarin volcano 34 km southwest of Reykjanes
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1838
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Grimsvötn
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1845
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Hekla
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1854
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Grimsvötn
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1860
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Katla
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1867
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Grķmsvötn
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1867-1868
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Submarin eruption north of Tjörnes
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1873
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Grimsvötn
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1875
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Askja - The Viti crater and lake Oskjuvatn were formed
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1878
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Hekla
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1879
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Reykjaneshryggur - submarin volcano 34 km southwest of Reykjanes
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1883
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Grimsvötn
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1887
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Grķmsvötn
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1892
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Grķmsvötn - glacier burst
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1896
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Hellisey - Submarin eruption near Hellisey island, Westman-Islands
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1897
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Grimsvötn
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1902-1904
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Grimsvötn
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1910
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Bįrdarbunga
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1913
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Hekla
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1918
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Katla
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1922
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Grimsvötn
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1922-1924
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Askja
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1926
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Reykjaneshryggur - submarin volcano 34 km southwest of Reykjanes
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1926
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Askja
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1927
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Esjufjöll - southeast of Grömsvötn (Vatnajökull)
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1929
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Bįršarbunga
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1933
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Grimsvötn
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1934
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Grķmsvötn - glacier burst
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1938
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Askja
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1938
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Grimsvötn
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1945
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Grķmsvötn
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1947
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Hekla
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1954
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Grķmsvötn
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1955
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Katla - possibly a small eruption which did not burst the icecap of Myrdalsjökull
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1959
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Kverkfjöll
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1961
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Askja
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1963-67
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Surtsey - creation of a new island soth of Heimaey, Westman Islands
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1966
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Reykjaneshryggur - submarin volcano 34 km southwest of Reykjanes
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1968
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Kverkfjöll - very small and shot eruption
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1970
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Hekla
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1972
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Grķmsvötn
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1973
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Eldfell, Heimaey - Numerous houses were destroyed by lava and ash
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1975
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Krafla - beginning of the so called Krafla fires
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1977
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Krafla - “Krafla fires”
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1980
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Krafla - “Krafla fires”
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1980-1981
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Hekla
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1981
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Krafla - “Krafla fires”
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1983
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Grķmsvötn - glacier burst
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1984
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Krafla - “Krafla fires”
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1991
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Hekla
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1996
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Grķmsvötn / Bįršarbunga - glacier burst
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1998
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Grimsvötn
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2000
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Hekla
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2004
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Grimsvötn
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2010
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Eyjafjallajökull / Fimmvörduhįls - flight ban in most parts of Europe because of a large ash cloud
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