Tjornes Fracture Zone, Iceland

Submarine volcano · -75 m (-246 ft) · Iceland-N of

Tjornes Fracture Zone is a submarine volcano in Iceland, -75 m (-246 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1800 to 1899. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Tjornes Fracture Zone on the map

Tjornes Fracture Zone 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: Submarine volcano
Elevation: -75 m (-246 ft)
Country: Iceland
Region: Iceland-N of
Summit: 66.309° N, 17.118° W
Last known eruption: 1800 to 1899
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 373100

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 2026-10-01. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.