Volcano in Iceland as a brand of the country

Not for nothing did Iceland give such a poetic name - "the country of ice and fire". The country's territory is ten percent covered by glaciers, and the volcano in Iceland is not just a fire-breathing mountain, but an element of national folklore. Volcanic eruptions here occur on average every five years. True, most of them have a fairly peaceful nature. And recently, almost unpronounceable oronim "Eyyafyadlayekyudl" learned to pronounce not only Europe, but the whole world.

Icelanders are not accustomed to regular eruptions. The first volcano in Iceland, whose eruption is recorded in the chronicles - Torfaekudl. It erupted in 1477, but did not bring any particular inconvenience to the Aborigines, as the historical tablets do not report anything about the destruction caused to them.

Many volcanoes have the status of "asleep", since they did not erupt very, very long time ago. For example, the volcano Herdabrad erupted for the first and last time about three hundred and thirty thousand years ago. Geologists argue that the eruption was associated with the "birth" of the volcano. Since then, he is silent, waiting for his time, and when he comes - it is unknown. Another fallen asleep volcano is Curling. The volcano is located on the northern coast of the island and has a height of more than one and a half kilometers. The last eruption was six to seven million years ago.

The most famous volcano in Iceland is Hekla. Of all the fire-breathing mountains of this island, he is the most active. Over frequent eruptions, the Icelanders called it the "gateway to hell". Hekle belongs to the Icelandic record for the duration of the eruption. Beginning to throw out lava on March 27, 1947, Hekla finished "disgraceful" only in April 1948, that is, more than a year later! Scientists have determined that several eruptions of Hecla in prehistoric times have caused the average temperature in the Northern Hemisphere to drop by several degrees! This became possible due to the large amount of volcanic ash and dust that blocked the way to the sun's rays. Icelanders have a legend that on the summit of Hecla during the Easter holiday they gather for their witches' sabbath. True, it is not clear why witches gather there during the Christian holiday. An evil force, by definition, must, during the triumph of the Light, hide in its underground shelters. Although who knows, maybe Hekla is such a refuge for them.

The second most popular volcano in Iceland is Eyjafjadlayekudl. It is located in the southern part of the island and gained fame in 2010 after a huge amount of ash was thrown out as a result of its powerful eruption into the atmosphere. Then, due to problems in air navigation, a large number of flights were carried over. To be precise, this small volcano until 2010 did not have a name, but was named after the glacier in which it is located.

The eruption of a volcano in Iceland for local residents is the same as for the inhabitants of Kamchatka or the Kurils is the activity of local hills: yes, it is unpleasant, yes, sometimes dangerous, but there's nothing to be done. And they are used to it already.

The name of the volcano in Iceland (Eyyafyadlayekudl, for example) is hard to pronounce for most of the inhabitants of the planet because of the archaic nature of the Icelandic language. If the mainland Scandinavian languages: Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, experiencing the influence of neighbors, have strongly moved away from their common ancestor, then the Icelandic is almost identical to the ancient language of the Vikings. Icelanders can even read in the original Edda - works of the ancient epic, while the descendants of the Vikings from the mainland are deprived of such an opportunity. This is equivalent if we could read in the original "The Tale of Bygone Years" by the monk Nestor or "The Tale of Igor's Host".