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Reykjanes
Fissure system
Continuous eruptions since March 2021 after 800 years of dormancy.
- Last
- 2024
- Risk
- high
- Coordinates
- 63.89 · -22.27
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All normal. No sign of waking up.
- Yellow
The volcano is showing activity above its usual level.
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Intense activity: an eruption is likely soon, or a small one is already underway.
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Eruption in progress with an ash cloud, or about to start.
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The main volcanoes
Six volcanoes worth knowing
Six of Iceland's thirty active volcanoes. When they last erupted and how much risk they carry for anyone traveling or flying over.
ActiveRisk: high
Fissure system
Reykjanes
Continuous eruptions since March 2021 after 800 years of dormancy.
- Last
- 2024
DormantRisk: high
Subglacial
Grímsvötn
Iceland's most frequent volcano. Under the Vatnajökull glacier.
- Last
- 2011
DormantRisk: high
Subglacial
Katla
Under the Mýrdalsjökull glacier. Main risk: jökulhlaup.
- Last
- 1918
DormantRisk: medium-high
Stratovolcano
Hekla
Historically called the "gateway to hell".
- Last
- 2000
DormantRisk: medium
Glacial shield
Bárðarbunga
Holuhraun eruption: 1.4 km³ of lava, the largest since 1783.
- Last
- 2014-2015
DormantRisk: medium
Stratovolcano
Öræfajökull
Iceland's highest peak. Inflation monitored since 2017.
- Last
- 1727