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Mýrdalsjökull Mýrdalsjökull, southern Iceland.

Mýrdalsjökull

glacier, Iceland
Also known as: Mýrdals Glacier
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Volcanoes and glaciers of Iceland
Volcanoes and glaciers of Iceland

Mýrdalsjökull, glacier, southern Iceland. Together with its former western extension, Eyjafjallajökull (Eyjafjalla Glacier)—from which it is now separated by the small ice-free Fimmvörduháls Pass—Mýrdalsjökull is 30 miles (48 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide and covers an area of 268 square miles (695 square km). The southeastern part of Mýrdalsjökull surrounds Katla, an active volcano whose eruption in 1918 caused great floods and considerable modification of the coastline.

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