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Iceland

Vestmannaeyjar.

Volcano profile for Vestmannaeyjar 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
Fissure vent
Elevation
283 m
Last documented eruption
1973
Coordinates
63.416°, -20.266°
GVP number
372010

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Iceland

Vestmannaeyjar

Fissure vent

Elevation
283 m
Last documented eruption
1973
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
63.416°, -20.266°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
372010
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Vestmannaeyjar · Iceland

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
23 Jan 197328 Jun 19733Confirmed eruption
8 Nov 19635 Jun 19673Confirmed eruption
16 Sep 1896Not available—Confirmed eruption
Oct 163728 Feb 1638—Confirmed eruption
3950 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4270 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
4550 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6050 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

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

Nearby earthquakes

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Vestmannaeyjar · No current eruption report · 283 m

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