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Hekla

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Hekla is a big volcano.

Hekla1980.jpg
Hekla1980.jpg
It is in a land called Iceland. It can blow out hot rocks. This can be very loud. It makes a lot of ash.
Icelandic tephra.JPG
Icelandic tephra.JPG
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File:Hekla (A. Ortelius) Detail from map of Iceland 1585.jpg
Hekla (A. Ortelius) Detail from map of...
File:Olaus Magnus - On Strange Properties of Some Mountains.jpg
Olaus Magnus - On Strange Properties of...
File:Volcanic system of Iceland-Map-en.svg
Volcanic system of Iceland-Map-en.svg
File:Icelandic tephra.JPG
Icelandic tephra.JPG
File:Cairns and hekla.jpg
Cairns and hekla.jpg
File:Stöng Viking Longhouse.jpg
Stöng Viking Longhouse.jpg
File:Hekla and horse.jpg
Hekla and horse.jpg
File:Volcanic bomb from Hekla.jpg
Volcanic bomb from Hekla.jpg
File:Hekla flank.jpg
Hekla flank.jpg
File:Hecla from Westman Islands rcgl.jpg
Hecla from Westman Islands rcgl.jpg
File:Iceland - Approaching Hekla.jpg
Iceland - Approaching Hekla.jpg
File:Image from page 30 of "Island am Beginn des 20 Jahrhunderts;" (1904).jpg
Image from page 30 of "Island am Beginn...

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