[DOC] [TLE] 1973 Eruption Nearly Destroyed Town : Icelandic Isle, Grown Larger ... [PAR] Aug 20, 1989 ... Here is another look at the volcanic isle 16 years later. ... looks down almost 
benignly these days on the town it came close to destroying. ... the town on 
Heimaey, one of the Westmann Islands, 10 miles off Iceland's south coast. ... 
Heimaey's existing volcano, Helgafell, had been dormant for 5,000 years,... [DOC] [TLE] Helgafell (volcano) - Wikipedia [PAR] Last eruption, 3950 BCE  300 years. Helgafell is an inactive 227-metre-high 
volcanic cone located on the island of Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar 
archipelago in Iceland. The Strhfi peninsula immediately to the south of 
Helgafell in what is now southern Heimaey formed about 6000 years ago, ... with 
Helgafell forming from a secondary eruption a thousand years later. [DOC] [TLE] The 1973 eruption on Heimaey island, Iceland [PAR] Jun 29, 1996 ... The 1973 eruption on Heimaey island, Iceland ... Heimaey is the largest island of 
the Vestmannaeyjar ("Westman ... Helgafell volcano in the central part of the 
island where a regularly ... The strongest of these events had a magnitude of 3. ... 
One month after the onset of the eruption, more than 100 homes... [DOC] [TLE] The Great Volcanoes: Heimaey, the Westman Islands | Iceland Review [PAR] Sep 20, 2014 ... One night in January 1973 it looked as if the 5000 people living in the ... when the 
dormant volcanic giant woke up and an eruption started a ... in the Westman 
Islands (Vestmannaeyjar), Helgafell, was pass. ... Five thousand people had to 
be evacuated from Heimaey when an .... The 20-Year Reunion (JB). [DOC] [TLE] CH 19: VOLCANIC HAZARDS - MyGeologyPage [PAR] About 50 volcanoes erupt each year, but the number that might erupt is more like 
1000. Over time, volcanic ... We need to define some terms as we discuss these 
issues. ..... STOPPING A LAVA FLOW: HEIMAEY 1973. ... The island is 
dominated by the peak of Helgafell, a dormant volcano that last erupted 6000 
years ago. [DOC] [TLE] Excursion - PONANT [PAR] After half an hour of kayaking, stop at one of the bays below Volosko promenade 
... home to tens of thousands of birds, representing dozens of species variety of 
ducks. ... The tour continues to two volcanoes, the 5000 years old Helgafell, Holy 
... fishing fleet but was almost lost in the volcanic eruption on the island in 1973. [DOC] [TLE] Download Chapter 7: Volcanic Activity - Educator - Pearson [PAR] After this eruption, the volcano lay dormant ... Authorities ordered the evacuation 
of thousands of ... eruptions two or three times a year, with most of them occurring 
in Alaska.1 Erup- ... of these volcanoes are located near large cities (Figure 7.3). 
... 1973. Forced 5,200 people to evacuate their homes. Heimaey Island, Iceland. [DOC] [TLE] The great volcanoes in South Central Iceland [PAR] One of few pictures from eruption 1918 - From Wikipedia ... larger than the 2004 
eruption, and the strongest in Grmsvtn in the last 100 years. ... At about 20:00 
on 21 January 1973, a series of small tremors began to occur around Heimaey. ... 
of the old volcanic cone of Helgafell and just outside the eastern edge of the town
. [DOC] [TLE] Goldtalk Forum - View Single Post - Another Global Warming ... [PAR] This was just one of the several signs that the island's huge volcano was waking 
after two centuries of sleep. ... The reflection of light off these particles also 
produced amazing sunsets and sunrises. ... Helgafell, island of Heimaey, Iceland 
(1973, January 23) - After 7,000 years of dormancy, the Helgafell volcano 
erupted in... [DOC] [TLE] ICELAND'S WESTMAN ISLANDS | Deseret News [PAR] Aug 14, 1988 ... Surtsey was the first island in these waters that managed to push its way through 
... After all, it had been 5,000 years since their six-square-mile land had ... Without 
warning, a small crack appeared in the old dormant volcano cone of Helgafell. ... 
One eager volunteer rushed in after the elderly

Question: The Helgafell, one of these dormant for thousands of years, erupted on the island of Heimaey in 1973
Answer: Volcano