Fagradalsfjall, Iceland

Fissure vent · 250 m (820 ft) · Atlantic-N

Fagradalsfjall is a fissure vent in Iceland, 250 m (820 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Fagradalsfjall on the map

Fagradalsfjall and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Fissure vent
Elevation: 250 m (820 ft)
Country: Iceland
Region: Atlantic-N
Summit: 63.895° N, 22.258° W
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 371032

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.