GVP volcano 371040 · no holder yet
Brennisteinsfjoll
Brennisteinsfjoll is a 610 m crater row in Iceland, last erupted in 1341.
- Type
- Crater rows (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 610 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1341
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1341
- Eruptions
- 9 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 63.93°N 21.78°W · Iceland
- Region
- Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 371040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).