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    Hekla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛhkla] ), or Hecla, is an active stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 m (4,892 ft). Hekla is...
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    Tour Hekla is a 220-metre (722 ft), 48-story skyscraper in Puteaux, in the La Défense district of Greater Paris, in France. It is located in the Rose...
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  • The Hekla 3 eruption (H-3) c. 1000 BC is considered the most severe eruption of Hekla during the Holocene. It threw about 7.3 km3 of volcanic rock into...
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    The Hekla Sound (Danish: Hekla Sund) is a sound in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland...
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  • Ungmennafélagið Hekla is a multi-sports club in Hella, Iceland. It fields departments in basketball, gymnastics, taekwondo and volleyball. The club was...
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  • Gjálp Floods Grensdalur Grímsey (Touching the Arctic Circle) Grímsnes Grímsvötn Hekla Helgafell Helgafell Hengill Herðubreið Hofsjökull Hofsjökull glacier Holuhraun...
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  • Hekla Stålstrenga is a Norwegian folk and folk rock band specializing in North Norwegian traditional music. It was formed in 2008 as a duo by fiddler...
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    Scotia was a barque that was built in 1872 as the Norwegian whaler Hekla. She was purchased in 1902 by William Speirs Bruce and refitted as a research...
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    connection with the eruption of Hekla (Thorarinsson, "The eruption of Hekla, 1947-48II, 3, The tephra-fall from Hekla, March 29th, 1947", Visindafélag...
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  • Hecla is the traditional English spelling of the Icelandic volcano, Hekla, and may also refer to: Fury and Hecla Strait, Nunavut, Canada Hecla, Kentucky...
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    Sigurdur Þórarinsson (1967). "The eruption of Hekla in historical times. Vol. I: The eruption of Hekla 1947–48". Soc. Sci. Islandica. 38: 1–183. Thordarson...
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    el-Medina), could not be provisioned. Something in the air (possibly the Hekla 3 eruption) prevented much sunlight from reaching the ground and also arrested...
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    Caused Global Disruption". ScienceDaily. Thorarinsson, Sigurdur (1970). Hekla, A Notorious Volcano. trans. Jóhann Hannesson, Pétur Karlsson. Reykjavík:...
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    inspired by Icelandic natural phenomena. In the piece Hekla he depicts the eruption of the volcano Hekla which he witnessed. Dettifoss (Op. 57) was inspired...
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    that this eruption was small compared to, for example, the eruption of Hekla in 2000. The eruption, rather than taking place under the ice cap of the...
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    the island is highly geologically active with many volcanoes including Hekla, Eldgjá, Herðubreið, and Eldfell. The volcanic eruption of Laki in 1783–1784...
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    then she traveled to Iceland, where she witnessed the eruption of Mount Hekla on 5–6 April 1947. She briefly returned to England, then she traveled to...
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    and Tajikistan ] … ) Ammonium chloride was subsequently found at Mount Hekla in Iceland, Mount Chinyero on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, and the Valley...
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    pronunciation: [ˈhauːɪˌfɔsː] ) is a waterfall situated near the volcano Hekla in southern Iceland. The waterfall Granni is next to it. The river Fossá...
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    collapse, many of them mutually compatible. Some Egyptologists have dated the Hekla 3 volcanic eruption in Iceland to 1159 BC and blamed it for famines under...
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    Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK or H&K; German pronunciation: [ˌhɛklɐ ʔʊnt ˈkɔx]) is a German firearms manufacturer that produces handguns, rifles, submachine...
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    Greek freighter Ioanna was sunk and they accounted for the British tanker Hekla off Tobruk on 25 May and then the Royal Australian Navy destroyer Waterhen...
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    two full decades, until 1140 BC. One proposed cause is the Hekla 3 eruption of the Hekla volcano in Iceland, but the dating of this remains disputed...
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  • revealed a northern lights-themed Boeing 757-200 (registration TF-FIU) named Hekla Aurora. The aircraft was officially launched in February 2015 as part of...
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    many volcanoes along this rift, including Krafla, Fremri-Námar, Askja, Tungnafellsjökull, Hekla, Vatnafjöll, Katla, Torfajökull, and Eyjafjallajökull....
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    until 1946, there are some 20 buildings. To the north of the village is the Hekla volcano. On 18 December 2001 the village was placed on Iceland's tentative...
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    (722) 53 2018 43 Warsaw Spire Warsaw  Poland 220 (722) 49 2016 43 Tour Hekla ParisC  France 220 (722) 41 2022 48 Newfoundland London  United Kingdom...
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  • evidence that the site of Assur was occupied at around this time. c. 2360 BC: Hekla-4 eruption. c. 2350 BC: The 2350 BC Middle East Anomaly (apparent comet...
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    Paris proper and the third tallest in France, behind Tour First and Tour Hekla. As of July 2023[update], it is the 53rd-tallest building in Europe. The...
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    other regions of the country, tourism is a growing sector. The volcano Hekla is nearby so it is possible to go hiking there as well as to make excursions...
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