Iceland · Stratovolcano
Eyjafjallajökull
Eyjafjallajokull
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1651m
- Last eruption
- 2010
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Iceland
- Region
- Atlantic Ocean / Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 1651m
- Coordinates
- 63.633, -19.633
- Last eruption
- 2010
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Eyjafjallajökull (also known as Eyjafjöll) is located west of Katla volcano. It consists of an elongated ice-covered stratovolcano with a 2.5-km-wide summit caldera.
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From Wikipedia
Eyjafjallajökull, sometimes referred to by the numeronym E15, is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, north of Skógar and west of Mýrdalsjökull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of 1,651 metres (5,417 ft). The volcano has erupted relatively frequently since the Last Glacial Period, most recently in 2010, when, although relatively small for a volcanic eruption, it caused enormous disruption to air travel across northern and western Europe for a week.
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Eruption history
5 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 5
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 550 – 2010
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 4 (2010)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Detailed timeline
- 2010VEI 4Observed2010-03-20 – 2010-06-23ENE flank (Fimmvörduháls) and summit
- 1821VEI 2Observed1821-12-19 – 1823-01-01
- 1612VEI 2Observed1612 – end unknown
- 920VEI 3Geological estimate920 – end unknownNW flank (Skerin ridge)
- 550VEI ?Geological estimate550 – end unknown
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