Temperature of a place depends primarily on the amount of insolation received. The important factors which affect the atmospheric temperature include:Cloud coverDistribution of land and SeaElevationAspect
Eyjafjallajökull is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland. It is north of Skógar and west of Mýrdalsjökull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of 1,651 metres.