Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Snaefellsjokull
6050 BCE · 64.80° N, 23.78° W
Snæfellsjökull is a 700,000-year-old glacier-capped stratovolcano in western Iceland. It is situated on the westernmost part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. Sometimes it may be seen from the city of Reykjavík over Faxa Bay, at a distance of 120 km (75 mi).
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What the records say
- When
- 6050 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 64.80° N, 23.78° W
- Date uncertainty
- ± 1000 years
- Unit
- Tephra layer Sn-3
- Dated by
- Correlation: Tephrochronology
- Volcano number
- 370010
- Eruption number
- 12470
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