GVP volcano 372070 · no holder yet
Hekla
Hekla is a 1,490 m stratovolcano in Iceland, erupting as recently as 2000.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,490 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2000
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1104
- Eruptions
- 65 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 63.98°N 19.67°W · Iceland
- Region
- Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 372070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).