Iceland's Large Katla Volcano Erupts Causing Major Flooding

The home of the Katla volcano is Mýrdalsjökull glacier which is the southernmost glacier in Iceland and is almost 600 km2. It covers the upper part of a large volcano, the Katla caldera. Katla is about 30 km in diameter and the highest parts reach almost 1500 m a.s.l. In the center of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap is the Katla caldera. It is oval in shape with the longest axis NW-SE and covers an area 110 km2. The highest points of the ice cap lie on the caldera rim and include Goðabunga, Háabunga, Austmannsbunga, Enta, Entukollar. Within the caldera the ice is hundreds of meters thick.