GVP volcano 371060 · no holder yet
Grimsnes
Grimsnes is a 200 m volcanic field in Iceland, last erupted around 3500 BCE.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 200 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 3500 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 4270 BCE
- Eruptions
- 11 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 64.05°N 20.88°W · Iceland
- Region
- Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 371060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).