Tungnafellsjokull

sopka – Stratovolcano, Iceland, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Kde

Iceland, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Stratovolcano

Nadmořská výška

1 523 m

Tektonické prostředí

Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)

Poloha

64,750°, -17,916°

The Tungnafellsjökull central volcano, located immediately NW of the massive Vatnajökull icecap, contains two calderas. One is largely filled by the Tungnafellsjökull glacier, and the other ice-free caldera to the SE contains Pleistocene rhyolitic lavas. The volcano is largely of Pleistocene age, but postglacial flank fissures on the NE side have produced young basalts. The Hágöngur central volcano to the SW is part of this volcanic system.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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