Volcano profile

Iceland

Hengill.

Volcano profile for Hengill in Iceland, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Crater rows
Elevation
803 m
Last documented eruption
150
Coordinates
64.083°, -21.416°
GVP number
371050

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No current eruption report

Iceland

Hengill

Crater rows

Elevation
803 m
Last documented eruption
150
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
64.083°, -21.416°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
371050
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Hengill · Iceland

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
150Uncertain datingNot available2Confirmed eruption
80 BCEUncertain datingNot available2Confirmed eruption
1730 BCEUncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption
3250 BCEUncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption
3750 BCEUncertain datingNot available2Confirmed eruption
5000 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5550 BCEUncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption
7100 BCEUncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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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Hengill · No current eruption report · 803 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Reykjavík Domestic AirportIceland · RKV · BIRK
    25.8 kmStraight-line distance
  • Keflavik International AirportIceland · KEF · BIKF
    58.9 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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

Nearby places

ReykjavikIceland · 24.0 km

KopavogurIceland · 24.4 km

HafnarfjordurIceland · 25.4 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC