Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Brennisteinsfjoll
9000 BCE · 63.93° N, 21.78° W
Brennisteinsfjöll is a minor volcanic system, with crater rows and small shield volcanoes on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland.
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What the records say
- When
- 9000 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 63.93° N, 21.78° W
- Vei
- 0
- Date uncertainty
- year uncertain
- Vent
- Heidin Há
- Dated by
- Correlation: Tephrochronology
- Volcano number
- 371040
- Eruption number
- 19930
The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page