GVP volcano 372020 · no holder yet
Eyjafjallajokull
Eyjafjallajokull is a 1,651 m stratovolcano in Iceland, erupting as recently as 2010.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,651 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2010
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 2010
- Eruptions
- 5 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 63.63°N 19.63°W · Iceland
- Region
- Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 372020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).