GVP volcano 373010 · no holder yet
Grimsvotn
Grimsvotn is a 1,719 m caldera in Iceland, erupting as recently as 2011.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 1,719 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2011
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 8230 BCE
- Eruptions
- 76 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 64.42°N 17.32°W · Iceland
- Region
- Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 373010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).