Hekla

Summary

Hekla is a stratovolcano^[1]. Hekla draws 211 Wikipedia views per month (stratovolcano category, ranking #19 of 176).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hekla is located in Rangárþing ytra^[3].
• Hekla is in the country of Iceland^[4].
• Hekla's image is recorded as 2006-05-21-153901 Iceland Stórinúpur.jpg^[5].
• Hekla's continent is recorded as Europe^[6].
• Hekla's instance of is recorded as stratovolcano^[7].
• Hekla's instance of is recorded as volcano^[8].
• Hekla's made from material is recorded as basalt^[9].
• Hekla's made from material is recorded as basaltic andesite^[10].
• Hekla's made from material is recorded as andesite^[11].
• Hekla's made from material is recorded as dacite^[12].
• Hekla's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 249079131^[13].
• Hekla's GND ID is recorded as 4264808-7^[14].
• Hekla's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85059976^[15].
• Hekla's Commons category is recorded as Hekla^[16].
• Hekla's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 63.992222222222225, 'lon': -19.66583333333333}^[17].
• Hekla's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0sy_r^[18].
• Hekla's significant event is recorded as first ascent^[19].
• Hekla's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hekla^[20].
• Hekla's Commons gallery is recorded as Hekla^[21].
• Hekla's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0032348^[22].
• Hekla's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• Hekla's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[24].
• Hekla's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[25].
• Hekla's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia^[26].
• Hekla's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Hekla include Tour Hekla^[28], a tower block^[29], in France^[30], founded in 2022^[31] and HMS Hecla^[32], a bomb vessel^[33].

Why It Matters

Hekla draws 211 Wikipedia views per month (stratovolcano category, ranking #19 of 176).^[2] Hekla has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Hekla is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Hekla include Tour Hekla^[28], a tower block^[29], in France^[30], founded in 2022^[31] and HMS Hecla^[32], a bomb vessel^[33].