GVP volcano 373030 · no holder yet

Bardarbunga

Bardarbunga is a 2,000 m stratovolcano in Iceland, erupting as recently as 2015.

Type

Stratovolcano (composite landform)

Summit

2,000 m above sea level

Rock

Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Setting

Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km

Last eruption

2015

Largest known

VEI 6, colossal, 1477

Eruptions

44 confirmed in the record

Where

64.63°N 17.52°W · Iceland

Region

Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 373030

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