GVP volcano 372010 · no holder yet

Vestmannaeyjar

Vestmannaeyjar is a 283 m fissure vent in Iceland, last erupted in 1973.

Type

Fissure vent(s) (cluster landform)

Summit

283 m above sea level

Rock

Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Setting

Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km

Last eruption

1973

Largest known

VEI 4, cataclysmic, 8050 BCE

Eruptions

10 confirmed in the record

Where

63.42°N 20.27°W · Iceland

Region

Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 372010

Find your volcano

Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).