Eldfell

English Etymology Borrowed from en is Eldfell, literally “fire mountain”. Pronunciation en en Proper noun en volcano island/Heimaey c/Iceland, in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago; a volcanic cone formed during the 1973 eruption. en 1983 Richard S. Williams Jr.; James G. Moore Man Against Volcano: The Eruption on Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland https://web.archive.org/web/20170305101045/https://pubs.usgs.gov/unnumbered/7000025/report.pdf 2nd U.S. Geological Survey 4 Within 2 days a cinder-spatter cone rose more than 110 yards above sea level and was later named Eldfell or “fire mountain”. en 1989-08-20 Edith M. Lederer 1973 Eruption Nearly Destroyed Town: Icelandic Isle, Grown Larger by 20%, Builds on Its Volcanic Past Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-20-mn-1150-story.html Sixteen years after it roared to life, the 725-foot Eldfell volcano looks down almost benignly these days on the town it came close to destroying. https://web.archive.org/web/20260928032719/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-20-mn-1150-story.html 28 September 2026 en 2000-03 Alan V. Morgan The Eldfell Eruption, Heimaey, Iceland: A 25-Year Retrospective Geoscience Canada https://web.archive.org/web/20260927132526/https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/geocan/2000-v27-n1-geocan_27_1/geocan27_1art02/ 27 1 11 10.12789/gs.v27i1.4030 The Eldfell eruption commenced on 23 January 1973 as a 1.5 km fissure crossing the island of Heimaey.