Hekla

Southern Region · Iceland

Hekla, Iceland
Photo: Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
June to September
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not-accessible
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One of Iceland's most active volcanoes, a long fissure ridge that has erupted many times through recorded history. In medieval times its fiery reputation earned it the name gateway to hell.

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