GVP volcano 373060 · no holder yet

Askja

Askja is a 1,080 m stratovolcano in Iceland, last erupted in 1961.

Type

Stratovolcano (composite landform)

Summit

1,080 m above sea level

Rock

Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Setting

Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km

Last eruption

1961

Largest known

VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1875

Eruptions

14 confirmed in the record

Where

65.03°N 16.78°W · Iceland

Region

Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 373060

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