Eldgjá

volcano and a canyon in Iceland
Mountain fissure_vent Q388641
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Eldgjá

Summary

Eldgjá is a fissure vent[1]. Eldgjá draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (fissure_vent category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Eldgjá is credited with the discovery of Þorvaldur Thoroddsen[3].
  • Eldgjá is in the country of Iceland[4].
  • Eldgjá's image is recorded as Эльдгьяу.jpg[5].
  • Eldgjá's instance of is recorded as fissure vent[6].
  • Eldgjá's instance of is recorded as canyon[7].
  • Eldgjá's Commons category is recorded as Eldgjá[8].
  • Eldgjá's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1893-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Eldgjá's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 63.966666666667, 'lon': -18.609166666667}[10].
  • Eldgjá's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 63.96662397, 'lon': -18.60912691}[11].
  • Eldgjá's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/033247[12].
  • Eldgjá's significant event is recorded as volcanic eruption[13].
  • Eldgjá's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2632071[14].
  • Eldgjá's Global Volcanism Program ID is recorded as 372030[15].
  • Eldgjá's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+75'}[16].
  • Eldgjá's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+600'}[17].
  • Eldgjá's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2643536[18].
  • Eldgjá's located in protected area is recorded as Vatnajökull National Park[19].
  • Eldgjá's volcano observatory is recorded as Nordic Volcanological Center[20].
  • Eldgjá's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Eldgjá[21].
  • Eldgjá's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+270'}[22].
  • Eldgjá's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Volcano", "Eldgja::d279c"][23].

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Works and Contributions

Eldgjá is credited with the discovery of Þorvaldur Thoroddsen[3].

Why It Matters

Eldgjá draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (fissure_vent category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] Eldgjá has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Eldgjá is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . IS 50V. Retrieved . lmi.is. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Eldgjá. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/eldgj
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_eldgj_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Eldgjá}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/eldgj}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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