GVP volcano 373090 · no holder yet
Theistareykir
Theistareykir is a 563 m shield volcano in Iceland, last erupted around 900 BCE.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 563 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 900 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 900 BCE
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 65.88°N 16.97°W · Iceland
- Region
- Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 373090
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).