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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Grimsnes
A small pond about 60 x 100 m fills the bottom of the Kerid crater at the northern end of the Tjarnarhólar crater row in the Grímsnes volcanic system. The crater is elliptical in shape, 180 x 280 m. The Seyðishólar and Kerhóll cinder cones, visible in the background to the north, were active about 9,500 and 7,050 years ago respectively. Seyðishólar is the only Holocene eruption recognized to have had tephra dispersal outside of the volcanic field. Photo by Lee Siebert, 2008 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
371060
Volcano Name:
Grimsnes
Country:
Iceland
Volcano Type:
Volcanic field
Last Eruption:
3500 BCE
Elevation:
200m
Tectonic Setting:
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Pop. within 5km:
6253
Pop. within 10km:
6253
Pop. within 30km:
11236
Pop. within 100km:
197798
Latitude:
64.05
Longitude:
-20.883
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Grímsnes is a relatively small volcanic system located SE of Thingvallavatn lake. It is displaced about 15-20 km to the east of the other en-echelon group of volcanic fields of the Western Volcanic Zone extending across the Reykjanes Peninsula. Its lava flows cover 54 km2 and were erupted from a group of 11 fissures that produced a series of NE-SW-trending crater rows. The eruptions of its basaltic lavas were considered to have been restricted to a relatively short interval between about 6,500 and 5,500 years ago, but radiocarbon dating showed that some of the lava flows were emplaced between about 7,400 and 8,900 years ago.
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Eruption Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
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