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Germany

West Eifel Volcanic Field.

Volcano profile for West Eifel Volcanic Field in Germany, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Volcanic field
Elevation
600 m
Last documented eruption
8300 BCE
Coordinates
50.17°, 6.85°
GVP number
210010

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Germany

West Eifel Volcanic Field

Volcanic field

Elevation
600 m
Last documented eruption
8300 BCE
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
50.17°, 6.85°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central European Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
210010
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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West Eifel Volcanic Field · Germany

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
8300 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
8740 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

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West Eifel Volcanic Field · No current eruption report · 600 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Frankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · HHN · EDFH
    38.5 kmStraight-line distance
  • Luxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · LUX · ELLX
    75.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • Cologne Bonn AirportGermany · CGN · EDDK
    80.1 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

Nuclear power plants

  • Muelheim-Kaerlich nuclear power plantGermanyPermanently shut downReactor units at site: 1
    52.5 kmStraight-line distance
  • AVR Reactor nuclear power plantGermanyPermanently shut downReactor units at site: 1
    86.9 kmStraight-line distance
  • Cattenom nuclear power plantFranceOperating at dataset dateReactor units at site: 4
    95.4 kmStraight-line distance

Source: Global Energy Monitor · Global Nuclear Power Tracker · Dataset date: 2026-08

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

WittlichGermany · 20.7 km

MayenGermany · 31.8 km

Bad Neuenahr-AhrweilerGermany · 45.5 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

Eruption reportedGreat SitkinUnited StatesStratovolcano · 1,740 m

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Oct 5, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC