Eyjafjallajokull

Eyjafjallajökull covers a volcano in southern Iceland, west of the larger Mýrdalsjökull ice cap. Its name means the glacier of Eyjafjöll, the mountains above the southern coast facing the Vestmannaeyjar islands. Ice conceals the volcanic caldera beneath its summit, while glaciers descend from the mountain toward the lowlands. The meeting of fire and ice makes the massif a striking part of the landscape above the farms and coastal plains of southern Iceland.