Prestahnukur, Iceland

Subglacial volcano · 1,385 m (4,544 ft) · Iceland-SW

Prestahnukur is a subglacial volcano in Iceland, 1,385 m (4,544 ft) high. Its last known eruption: bC (Holocene). NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Prestahnukur on the map

Prestahnukur 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: Subglacial volcano
Elevation: 1,385 m (4,544 ft)
Country: Iceland
Region: Iceland-SW
Summit: 64.583° N, 20.666° W
Last known eruption: BC (Holocene)
Holocene activity known from: Radiocarbon
Smithsonian volcano number: 371070

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.