# Eldgjá

- **Country:** Iceland
- **Coordinates:** 63.966667, -18.609167
- **Text:** Selected geological features near the Eldgjá fissure swarm which is to the north-east of the Katla central volcano (red outlines). Violet shading shows the extent of the lava fields erupted with the darker violet being surface lava and lighter violet being the less accurately mapped, now buried lava. Some unmapped lava may exist under Mýrdalsjökull. Shading also shows: calderas, central volcanoes and fissure swarms, subglacial terrain above 1100 m, seismically active areas. Clicking on the image enlarges to full window and enables mouse-over with more detail.
- **Type:** Fissure vents of Katla
- **Listing:** List of volcanoes in Iceland
- **Location:** Iceland
- **Map Size:** 200
- **Elevation:** varies: canyon to 800 m
- **Image Map:** {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=280|frame-height=300|frame-long=-18.5|frame-lat=64.0|zoom=7|raw=[,,,,,,]
- **Map Relief:** 1
- **Elevation M:** 800
- **Last Eruption:** 939
- **Label Position:** right

![Photo of Eldgjá](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Eldgja.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldgjá (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)