While Iceland is tectonically and volcanically ... The fissure was later named Geldingadalsgos, representing a possible new shield volcano — a broad volcano with gently sloping sides — and ...

Thousands of residents evacuated town of Grindavik over weekend after series of earthquakes as threat of volcano eruption still looms ...

Reykjanes peninsula is located in the south-west of Iceland, nearly 900 miles (1,448 ... was quite different as it was associated with a shield volcano topped by a glacier. It was the interaction ...

Iceland is home to shield volcanoes like Theistareykjarbunga, too, which have a convex shape, a broad top, and a flat layer of earth that make it look like a warrior's shield. Iceland's active ...

Hotspots are also found in Iceland, in the Afar region of Africa ... Mount Rainier in Washington is a famous stratovolcano. Shield volcanoes are big, broad volcanoes made up of oozy lava flows ...

One of Iceland’s most popular tourist destinations, the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, posted on its website that it was temporarily closed due to a magma intrusion. AP The volcano last erupted on ...

A volcano near Iceland’s capital erupted on Wednesday night, becoming the seventh such event in the area since December. The length of the fissure on the volcano, located in Iceland’s ...

A volcano eruption in Iceland that forced a mass evacuation of residents and tourists nearby could be much bigger than previous events, an expert has warned. He told Visir: "This is one of the ...

An "unusually large" ice volcano in Iceland could be about to blow after more than 130 earthquakes hit the region in a ...

OSLO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A volcano near Iceland's capital erupted late on Wednesday for the tenth time in three years, spewing fountains of lava and smoke, the country's meteorological office said ...

That was reassuring, at least for the time being. The crater was formed when Askja, a volcano in Vatnajokull National Park in Iceland’s central highlands, uncorked in an explosive eruption in 1875.