Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Vestmannaeyjar
4550 BCE · 63.42° N, 20.27° W
Helgafell is an inactive 227 m (745 ft) volcanic cone located on the island of Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago in Iceland.
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What the records say
- When
- 4550 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 63.42° N, 20.27° W
- Date uncertainty
- ± 500 years
- Vent
- Heimaey (Stórhöfdi tuff cone)
- Dated by
- Correlation: Tephrochronology
- Volcano number
- 372010
- Eruption number
- 12552
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