Grímsvötn

Grímsvötn is a volcano in southeast Iceland. It has an elevation of 1,725 m (5,659 ft).

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Grímsvötn and the Vatnajökull glacier, Iceland, July 1972
Elevation1,725 m (5,659 ft)[1]
ListingList of volcanoes in Iceland
Location
Geology
TypeVolcanic caldera
Last eruptionMay 2011

Grímsvötn is a basaltic volcano which has the highest eruption frequency of all the volcanoes in Iceland. It has a southwest-northeast-trending fissure system. The massive climate-impacting Laki fissure eruption of 1783–1784 was a part of the same fissure system.

Grímsvötn Media

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