GVP volcano 372050 · no holder yet
Torfajokull
Torfajokull is a 1,280 m stratovolcano in Iceland, last erupted in 1477.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,280 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1477
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 870 CE
- Eruptions
- 10 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 63.89°N 19.12°W · Iceland
- Region
- Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 372050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).