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	Eldfell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eldfell is a cinder cone volcano just over 200 m (650 ft) high on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.
		The pumping capacity was increased in early March, when a large chunk of the crater wall broke away from the summit of Eldfell and began to be carried along the top of the lava flow towards the harbour.
		The attention focussed on the island as a result of the eruption led to a later upsurge in tourism once the eruption was over [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eldfell (2972 words)

	Eldfell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Eldfell is an active volcano on the Icelandic island Heimaey.
		Eldfell began erupting in 1973, causing a major crisis for the island of Heimaey and nearly causing its permanent evacuation.
		Lava and ash covered almost the whole island and a lava flow almost closed off the harbour, the source of almost all the island's income via its fishing fleet.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Eldfell (368 words)

	Eldfell, Heimaey, Iceland
		The island of Heimaey with the growth of the island in 1973, the location of the eruptive fissure, and the location of Eldfell, the 1973 cone.
		Eldfell ("fire mountain" in Icelandic) is a volcano on the island of Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago 15 miles (25 km) south of Iceland.
		Eldfell and the 1973 lava flows are just beyond the town.
	notendur.centrum.is /~edda/heimaey1.html (705 words)

	Eldfell: 1973 to 1998 - A 25 year retrospective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Both Helgafell and the lower two-thirds of Eldfell were covered in a verdant strip of emerald green grass.
		On this morning the towering cinder cone of Eldfell obscured the view to the north.
		Placed vertically up the side of Eldfell were a number of fences with what appeared to be test plots containing different varieties of plants.
	www.science.uwaterloo.ca /earth/waton/f9813.html (2440 words)

	JASON VIII -- Host Country Student Scientists in Heimaey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Eldfell is a volcano which was made in a volcanic eruption on Vestmannaeyjar 1973.
		And in November 1996 the temperature was measured 560°C. Today we began to study the heat of Eldfell ourselves and we´ll continue to do that the coming months.
		Today, Thursday the 6th, Jón, Agga, Gísli and Rut (she brought the thermometer) whent to Eldfell to dig a hole for the termometer so we could mesure the tepature in the ground.
	www.jasonproject.org /expeditions/jason8/iceland/eldfells.html (246 words)

	Volcanoes of Iceland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eruption at Eldfell volcano, just outside a town of 5000 people, in 1973
		Also, off the south coast in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago are the recently-active Surtsey, and Eldfell on Heimaey.
		There are also many regions of geothermal activity, such as the Hengill central volcano with Hveragerði, Haukadalur with the well known Geysir, and Hveravellir.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Volcanoes_of_Iceland (270 words)

	Eldfell and Helgafell Volcanoes, Heimaey
		The high-jinks of Helgafell and Eldfell are Heimaey's main attraction.
		A network of hiking paths can be climbed to the top of newly created Eldfell while investigating the steaming fissures and vents on the way.
		Helgafell, 5,000 years older than neighboring Eldfell, can also be climbed on the south-west slope.
	planetware.com /heimaey/eldfell-and-helgafell-volcanoes-isl-sl-volc.htm (113 words)

	Eldfell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		While we where standing on the eastern edge of the town, at the base of Eldfell, I looked up and tried to picture lava fountaining at the summit.
		Ben: The sides of Eldfell are very loose and nearly impossible to climb so Emma and I climbed about halfway up.
		Eldfell and Helgafell have had extensive grass seeding by the islanders, which causes them to look much older than they actually are.
	www.geo.umn.edu /orgs/geoclub/Pictures/iceland/eldfell.html (176 words)

	Tour of Some Iceland Geology
		In the early hours of January 22, 1973, the citizens on Heimaey were awakened to the eruption of a new volcano, afterwards called Eldfell.
		Eldfell formed on the northeastern flank of Helgafell, a dormant volcano to the south of the town.
		On the edge of the destruction, homes are half buried, straining under the weight of lava and ash.
	www.pangaeasci.com /_iceland.htm (1962 words)

	Eldfell Volcano
		The whole length of the fissure was erupting, with a row of lava fountains so close to one another that it was like an unbroken wall of fire.
		The eruption began in what is now the main crater of the new volcano, later known as Eldfell.
		From the beginning lava ran down the slope from the fissure east and north-east.
	iceland.ednet.ns.ca /search.htm (818 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Heimay is a city in the Westmann Islands off the southern coast of Iceland.
		In 1973 the Eldfell volcano erupted near the city, destroying about a third of the homes and covering the rest of the city with piles of volcanic ash and tephra.
		Since Eldfell, and neighboring Helgafell are still active volcanoes, it is highly likely that they may erupt again in the future and city planners are worried that the growing population is pushing the limits of the city into unsafe territory.
	www.alexandria.k12.mn.us /jefferson/class/kanderso/volcanoes.htm (272 words)

	Iceland 1999 - Red hill over yonder - Worldtraveller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The steaming slopes of Eldfell - RW We woke up the next day to the sound of torrential rain and high winds.
		Colourful rock in Eldfell's crater - RW After this outrageous profligacy, we rounded off the evening by going to a party.
		The people in the restaurant had told us that there was a big do in town to celebrate 80 years since the end of a volcanic eruption, although they were unsure as to which one.
	world-traveller.org /mw/index.php/Iceland_1999_-_Red_hill_over_yonder (654 words)

	Introduction Page, Lava-Cooling Operations during the 1973 Eruption of Eldfell Volcano, Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar, ...
		John McPhee, a well-known natural-history and science writer, took a special interest in the cooling of the lava flows on Heimaey from the viewpoint of interaction of human activities with volcanic processes and from the perspective of the many individuals, scientists and laypersons, whose lives were touched by the Eldfell eruption.
		The film was made in three sections; the first depicting the town of Vestmannaeyjar at the end of January shortly after the 5,000 inhabitants had been evacuated.
		Björnsson, Sveinbjörn, 1987, Kólnun Eldfellshrauns og nýting hraunhita [The cooling of the Eldfell lava and utilization of its heat]: in Í Hlutarins Eðli: Reykjavík, Menningarsjóður, p.
	pubs.usgs.gov /of/1997/of97-724/edintro.html (2426 words)

	ELDFELL VOLCANO VESTMANNAEYJAR
		Most of the fishing fleet was in the harbour, which made the evacuation easy and quick.
		The fissure grew shorter until only one crater was left active, the one, which created the "Eldfell" (The Fire Mountain).
		The number of dwellings on the island at the beginning of the eruption was 1345.
	www.nat.is /travelguideeng/plofin_eldfell_volcano.htm (446 words)

	Iceland - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Iceland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A landscape of cooled lava, created by the 1973 eruption of the Helgafell volcano, on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.
		Since the eruption, the volcano has stabilized, and vegetation has begun to colonize the slopes.
		Although the lava slopes have stabilized, the soil remains very hot, and at a depth of 1 m/3.3 ft, the soil and rock hold temperatures up to 300°C/572°F. In the far distance another volcanic island can be seen.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Iceland (2304 words)

	Heimaey island - Eldfell volcano (Iceland)
		To the west are a series of cliff-knolls (with one gap), to the north is the narrow harbour entrance (through which can be seen the Eyjafjallajökull icecap on the mainland), to the north-east are the lava flows from the 1973 eruption of Eldfell, and to the east are the volcanoes Eldfell and Helgafell.
		Apart from that there was not much at all in the way of signposting, but we could hardly get lost, with our target always visible.
		The climb up Eldfell itself was steep and sandy, typical two-feet-forward-one-foot-back kind of stuff.
	danny.oz.au /travel/iceland/heimaey-eldfell.html (446 words)

	Virtual Globetrotting: Eldfell volcano
		Island of Heimaey on the south coast of Iceland with Eldfell volcano and town of Vestmannaeyjar
		When the Eldfell erupted in 1973, it nearly consumed the town of Vestmannæyjar and its harbour, but the flowing lava was slowed or stopped by pumping sewater onto the advancing lava.
		While one-third of the town was destroyed, the island of Heimæy increased in size by 20% due to the lava flows to the East.
	virtualglobetrotting.com /info.php/mid/3814 (150 words)

	Day 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		We had two days planned which included a climb up the famous Eldfell volcano for some scientific thermal readings and to collect some volcanic samples such as volcanic bombs.
		The historical significance of Eldfell unfolded in 1973, when the residents of the small fishing community were threatened by a sudden volcanic eruption as tons of ash poured down and molten material moved toward the town and harbor of Heimaey.
		When the group finished their readings, the group decided to climb the 5000 year old sister volcano, Helgafell, for photos and samples which was located 200 meters beside Eldfell.
	iceland.ednet.ns.ca /reqdsrch.htm (359 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Nineteen samples of alkali basalt from the Vestmannaeyjar volcanic system, Iceland, were analyzed for their plagioclase crystal size distribution (CSD) and whole-rock rare-earth element compositions.
		Most samples were from the Eldfell eruption of 1973, and were divided into the first erupted scoria, the early lavas and the late lavas.
		The initial Eldfell magmas were rich in plagioclase (18 %), and had CSDs with shallow CSDs.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~jroberge/msc.htm (215 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		the 1973 eruption started as a fissure of 1.5 km length, but by February was confined to one area where Eldfell now stands.
		The mountain is still very hot and solutions precipitate salts of various kinds.
		Eldfell seen from the top of the older Helgafell
	www.ismennt.is /vefir/earth/mhpub/netdays/eldf.htm (101 words)

	Eldfell: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Eldfell is a cinder cone (A cinder cone typically refers to a type of volcanic cone....)
		when a large chunk of the crater wall broke away from the summit of Eldfell and began to be carried along the top of the lava flow towards the harbour, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		Eldfell stood about 220 m (720 ft) above sea level, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/eldfell (6079 words)

	Iceland 2005 -- Vestmanneyjar Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		No one died in the eruption of Eldfell (Fire Mountain), but it is an incident which has firmly marked the experience of the Westman Islanders.
		There is a famous photograph of the church in front of Eldfell with the fire shining through its windows.
		Lilja and Gulfey had a house that caught fire and was buried under the lava, and near the Norwegian church one can see part of a water tank and the corner of a house sticking out of the lava wall.
	millee.home.texas.net /iceland2.htm (566 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		About 30% of the town was destroyed by the lava, but new houses have been built to replace those damaged beyond repair.
		Eldfell produced fl tephra (ash) for several months and buried the town’s buildings.
		The ash was swept from the roofs of the houses so that they were prevented from collapsing, and was bulldozed away to be used for the airstrip runway and new roads.
	esta-uk.org /geotrex/geological_hazards/heimay-as-alison_quarterman.doc (677 words)

	Westmann Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The mainland can be seen in the distance.
		Behond the town on the right is an old volcanic crater called Helgafell and on the left is a new crater called Eldfell, produced during the 1973 eruption.
		The new lava can also be seen to the left of Eldfell.
	www.ncpnet.force9.co.uk /Iceland/summary.htm (70 words)

	Find in a Library: Lava-cooling operations during the 1973 eruption of Eldfell Volcano, Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
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	Eldfell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Most of the residents were housed in Reykjavík
		The eruption lasted 5 months and when it finally grumbled to a halt, Heimaey had increased in size by 20% and the new mountain, Eldfell had formed in the field of lava.
		A large part of the town including 360 homes had been
	vestmannaeyjar.ismennt.is /Vefir/comenius/places/eldfell.htm (214 words)

	The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Eldfell, Heimaey, Iceland@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Eldfell, Heimaey, Iceland@ HighBeam Research
		Interesting profile of the volcano of Eldfell and its threat to the Icelandic port of Vestmannaeyjar.
		This material is published under license from the publisher through ProQuest Information and Learning Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
	highbeam.com /doc/1P1:100243059/Eldfell,+Heimaey,+Iceland.html?... (118 words)

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