Katla

noun

1. an ice-capped volcano in the Mýrdalsjökull glacier in south Iceland. Named after an Icelandic witch, its last major eruption was in 1918. Height: 1512 m (4961 ft)

Example Sentences

One of the country’s largest active volcanoes is Katla, which is closely watched because it lies under thick glacial ice, meaning that any eruption could melt the ice and trigger widespread flooding.

From Washington Times

Katla last erupted in 1918, and that eruption lasted almost a month, starving crops of sunlight and killing some livestock.

From Washington Times

One of the country’s largest active volcanoes is Katla, which is closely watched because it lies under thick glacial ice, meaning that any eruption could melt the ice and trigger widespread flooding.

From Seattle Times

Katla last erupted in 1918, and that eruption lasted almost a month, starving crops of sunlight and killing some livestock.

From Seattle Times

In “Katla,” estranged sisters, one of them dead, work at mending their frayed relationship; and in “The Returned,” a serial killer in a former life learns to rue and curb his lethal impulses.

From New York Times