Hekla

American

[hek-luh] / ˈhɛk lə /

noun

an active volcano in SW Iceland. 4,892 feet (1,491 meters).

Hekla British

/ ˈhɛklə /

noun

a volcano in SW Iceland: several craters, subject to fairly frequent eruptions in recent times. Height: 1491 m (4892 ft)

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The film’s tour de force is that showdown at the base of Iceland’s Hekla volcano.

From Los Angeles Times

The towering cone of Hekla in the south is closer to the mantle hotspot, whereas the strings of small craters and fissures now forming in Reykjanes’s volcanic systems are where the plate boundary comes onshore.

From Scientific American

Hekla, perhaps like the volcano she is named for, is productive — she works as a server every evening, writes every day.

From Washington Post

Hekla understands that in early 1960s Iceland, becoming a writer is not what a beautiful young woman is supposed to do, but every time the man who wants her to become Miss Iceland prods her, she resolutely turns him down.

From Washington Post

Jon John and Hekla do not stay in Iceland — Jon John feels that doing so would kill him.

From Washington Post

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