GVP volcano 375010 · no holder yet
Kolbeinsey Ridge
Kolbeinsey Ridge is a 5 m fissure vent in Iceland, last erupted in 1755.
- Type
- Fissure vent (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 5 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1755
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1372
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 66.67°N 18.50°W · Iceland
- Region
- Arctic Ridge Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 375010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).