Iceland · Fissure vent
Kolbeinsey
Kolbeinsey Ridge
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Elevation
- 5m
- Last eruption
- 1755
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Country
- Iceland
- Region
- Atlantic Ocean / Arctic Ridge Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 5m
- Coordinates
- 66.670, -18.500
- Last eruption
- 1755
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
A submarine eruption was reported in 1372 CE near the Kolbeinsey Ridge NW of Grimsey Island. Kolbeinsey Island, the only subaerial expression of this portion of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, is a small, rapidly eroding island that formed during the late Pleistocene or Holocene.
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From Wikipedia
Kolbeinsey is a small Icelandic islet in the Greenland Sea located 105 kilometres off the northern coast of Iceland, 74 km (40 nmi) north-northwest of the island of Grímsey. It is the northernmost point of Iceland and lies north of the Arctic Circle. The islet is named after Kolbeinn Sigmundarson, from Kolbeinsdalur in Skagafjörður, who according to Svarfdæla saga is said to have broken his ship there and died with his men.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1372 – 1755
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1372)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 1755VEI ?Method not stated1755-09-18 – end unknownVolcano Uncertain: north of Iceland
- 1372VEI 2Observed1372 – end unknownNW of Grimsey Island
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