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Hengill

Type
Crater rows
Elevation
803m
Last eruption
150
Hengill
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Type
Crater rows
Country
Iceland
Region
Atlantic Ocean / Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
Elevation
803m
Coordinates
64.083, -21.416
Last eruption
150
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

The Hengill volcanic system, cutting through Thingvallavatn lake, consists of a series of NE-SW-trending fissure vents, crater rows, and small shield volcanoes occupying a strongly faulted graben.

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

From Wikipedia

Hengill is a volcanic table mountain situated in the south-west of Iceland, to the south of Þingvellir.

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Eruption history

13 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
13
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
8350 BCE – 150
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (150, the most recent of 3)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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8350 BCE~8067 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI 07783 BCE~7500 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 07500 BCE~7217 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?7217 BCE~6933 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 05800 BCE~5517 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 05233 BCE~4950 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3817 BCE~3533 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 23250 BCE~2967 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 01833 BCE~1550 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 0133 BCE~150 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 28350 BCE6367 BCE4100 BCE2117 BCE133 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 150 (±75 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate
    150 – end unknown
    Nesjahraun, Reykjafellshraun
  2. 80 BCE (±75 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate
    80 BCE – end unknown
    Eldborg undir Meitlum
  3. 1730 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate
    1730 BCE – end unknown
    Thjófahraun
  4. 3250 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    3250 BCE – end unknown
    Leitahraun, Ellidaárhraun
  5. 3750 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    3750 BCE – end unknown
    Hagavikurhraun
  6. 5000 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    5000 BCE – end unknown
    Eldborgir
  7. 5550 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate
    5550 BCE – end unknown
    Stangarhals
  8. 7100 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    7100 BCE – end unknown
    Gjabakkahraun
  9. 7300 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    7300 BCE – end unknown
    Brunnar/Skogarkot
  10. 7550 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    7550 BCE – end unknown
    Selvogsheidi
  11. 8200 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    8200 BCE – end unknown
    Hafnarhraun
  12. 8250 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    8250 BCE – end unknown
    Thingvallahraun
  13. 8350 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate
    8350 BCE – end unknown
    SSW of Hengill (Hellisheid-A)

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