GVP volcano 374010 · no holder yet

Oraefajokull

Oraefajokull is a 2,010 m stratovolcano in Iceland, last erupted in 1728.

Type

Stratovolcano (composite landform)

Summit

2,010 m above sea level

Rock

Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Setting

Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km

Last eruption

1728

Largest known

VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1362

Eruptions

2 confirmed in the record

Where

64.00°N 16.65°W · Iceland

Region

Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 374010

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