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Krýsuvík

Krysuvik-Trolladyngja

Type
Crater rows
Elevation
360m
Last eruption
1340
Krýsuvík
Photo: The original uploader was Reykholt at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Crater rows
Country
Iceland
Region
Atlantic Ocean / Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
Elevation
360m
Coordinates
63.917, -22.067
Last eruption
1340
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

The Krýsuvík-Trölladyngja volcanic system is described by the Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes as an approximately 50-km-long composite fissure swarm trending about N38°E, including a 30-km-long swarm of fissures, with no central volcano.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

This summary is short — open the full article for more detail.

Krýsuvík is an area in Southwest Iceland at about 35 km from Reykjavík.

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Eruption history

11 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
11
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
8500 BCE – 1340
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (900, the most recent of 3)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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8500 BCE~8172 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 06204 BCE~5876 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 05548 BCE~5220 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21284 BCE~956 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 0300 BCE~28 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 2684~1012 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21012~1340 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 18500 BCE6204 BCE3580 BCE1284 BCE1012

Detailed timeline

  1. 1340VEI 1Geological estimate
    1340 – end unknown
    Tradarfjöll
  2. 1325VEI 1Geological estimate
    1325 – end unknown
    Elborg vid Trolladyngju
  3. 1188VEI 1Observed
    1188 – end unknown
    Mavahlidargigir
  4. 1151VEI 1Observed
    1151 – end unknown
    Ogmundargigar and other vents
  5. 1075 (±75 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate
    1075 – end unknown
    Gvendarselsgigar
  6. 900VEI 2Geological estimate
    900 – end unknown
    Melholl, Afstapahraun
  7. 190 BCE (±75 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate
    190 BCE – end unknown
    Obrinnisholar
  8. 1060 BCE (±75 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate
    1060 BCE – end unknown
    Sandfellskofagigir
  9. 5290 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate
    5290 BCE – end unknown
    Burfell
  10. 6000 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    6000 BCE – end unknown
    Hrútagjár
  11. 8500 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    8500 BCE – end unknown
    Hagafell

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