GVP volcano 377020 · no holder yet
East Gakkel Ridge at 85°E
East Gakkel Ridge at 85°E is a submarine fissure vent 3,800 m under the Arctic Ocean, last erupted in 1999.
- Type
- Fissure vent (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 3,800 m below sea level
- Rock
- No Data (checked)
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1999
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1999
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 85.61°N 85.25°E · The Arctic Ocean
- Region
- Arctic Ridge Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 377020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).