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Hekla

[ hek-luh ]

noun

  1. an active volcano in SW Iceland. 4,892 feet (1,491 meters).


Hekla

/ ˈhɛklə /

noun

  1. a volcano in SW Iceland: several craters, subject to fairly frequent eruptions in recent times. Height: 1491 m (4892 ft)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

But every obstacle gives way to the resolute; and at last Madame Pfeiffer stood on the topmost peak of Hekla.

Six-and-twenty eruptions of Hekla have been recorded,—the last having occurred in 1845-46.

In Iceland an earthquake and a great eruption of Hekla spread alarm and desolation.

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