Eyjafjallajokull

sopka – Stratovolcano, Iceland, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Kde

Iceland, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Stratovolcano

Nadmořská výška

1 651 m

Tektonické prostředí

Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)

Poslední známá erupce

2010

Poloha

63,633°, -19,633°

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. Fissure-fed lava flows occur on both the E and W flanks, but are more prominent on the western side. Although the volcano has erupted during historical time, it has been less active than other volcanoes of Iceland's eastern volcanic zone, and relatively few Holocene lava flows are known. An intrusion beneath the S flank from July-December 1999 was accompanied by increased seismic activity. The last historical activity prior to an eruption in 2010 produced intermediate-to-silicic tephra from the central caldera during December 1821 to January 1823.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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