Iceland · Fissure vent
Hveravellir
Oddnyjarhnjukur-Langjokull
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Elevation
- 1100m
- Last eruption
- 950
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Country
- Iceland
- Region
- Atlantic Ocean / Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 1100m
- Coordinates
- 64.850, -19.700
- Last eruption
- 950
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The Oddnýjarhnjúkur-Langjökull system includes the Hveravellir central volcano at the northern end of this active volcanic zone that extends NE from the Reykjanes Peninsula.
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From Wikipedia
Hveravellir is a geothermal field of the Oddnýjarhnjúkur-Langjökull volcanic system - in the north of the Langjökull glacier.
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Eruption history
6 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 6
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 8600 BCE – 950
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (950, the most recent of 2)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 950 (±50 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate950 – end unknownHallmundahraun
- 2050 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate2050 BCE – end unknownLambahraun
- 2550 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate2550 BCE – end unknownKrákshraun
- 3550 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate3550 BCE – end unknownStrytuhraun
- 5850 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate5850 BCE – end unknownKjalhraun
- 8600 BCEVEI 0Geological estimate8600 BCE – end unknownLeggjarbrjotur
Nearby volcanoes
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