GVP volcano 371070 · no holder yet
Prestahnukur
Prestahnukur is a 1,385 m fissure vent in Iceland, last erupted around 3350 BCE.
- Type
- Fissure vent(s) (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 1,385 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 3350 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 3350 BCE
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 64.58°N 20.67°W · Iceland
- Region
- Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 371070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).