Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Kverkfjoll
5000 BCE · 64.65° N, 16.65° W
Kverkfjöll is a potentially active central volcano, fissure swarm, and associated mountain range situated on the northern border of the glacier Vatnajökull in Iceland.
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What the records say
- When
- 5000 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 64.65° N, 16.65° W
- Date uncertainty
- ± 1000 years
- Vent
- Krepputunguhraun, Kverfjallahraun
- Dated by
- Correlation: Tephrochronology
- Volcano number
- 373050
- Eruption number
- 12898
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