GVP volcano 373050 · no holder yet
Kverkfjoll
Kverkfjoll is a 1,930 m stratovolcano in Iceland, last erupted in 1968.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,930 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1968
- Largest known
- VEI 1, gentle, 1959
- Eruptions
- 8 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 64.65°N 16.65°W · Iceland
- Region
- Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 373050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).