GVP volcano 376010 · no holder yet
Jan Mayen
Jan Mayen is a 2,197 m stratovolcano in Norway, last erupted in 1985.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,197 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1985
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1732
- Eruptions
- 7 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 71.08°N 8.15°W · Norway
- Region
- Arctic Ridge Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 376010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).