Sólheimajökull is a grand glacier. It one of three outlets of the Mýrdalsjökull Glacier covering 230 square miles of southern Iceland. Beneath its massive surface is Katla. This volcano has erupted violently twenty times since the early 10th century, the last in 1918. Currently, it is covered by up to 2,300 feet of ice. When it explodes, all that ice quickly melts causing outburst floods called jökulhlaup. The resulting outwash plains and the stone-covered path of the glacier’s retreat are obvious as you walk towards the Sólheimajökull Glacier.
