The Brennisteinsalda is a volcano in the south of Iceland. Its height is about 855 m. It is situated near Landmannalaugar and not far from Hekla.The name means in English: sulphur wave. It comes from the sulphur spots which have coloured its sides. But there are other colours too: green from mosses black and blue from lava and ashes red from iron in the earth.
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