A plane flies past large clouds of dust and smoke rising from a volcano on Grimsvotn Mountain in eastern Iceland earlier this month.A plane flies past large clouds of dust and smoke rising from a volcano volcano, vents or fissures in the earth's crust through which gases, molten rock, or lava, and solid fragments are discharged. Their study is called volcanology. on Grimsvotn Mountain in eastern Iceland Iceland, Icel. Ísland, officially Republic of Iceland, republic (2005 est. pop. 297,000), 39,698 sq mi (102,819 sq km), the westernmost state of Europe, occupying an island in the Atlantic Ocean just S of the Arctic Circle, c. earlier this month. The volcano's eruption eruption /erup·tion/ (e-rup´shun) 1. the act of breaking out, appearing, or becoming visible, as eruption of the teeth. 2. , violent enough to set off earth tremors, sent ash and gas more than 40,000 feet into the air, forcing airlines to reroute flights around the area. The volcano, located 650 feet beneath an ice cap, last erupted in 1998. The remote region is largely uninhabited. |
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