❄️ Torfajökull

Iceland · Europe · 63.89°N, 19.01°W

Torfajökull is a rhyolitic stratovolcano, with a large caldera capped by a glacier of the same name and associated with a complex of subglacial volcanoes. Torfajökull last erupted in 1477 and consists of the largest area of silicic extrusive rocks in Iceland. This is now known to be due to a VEI 5 eruption 55,000 years ago.

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Quick facts

Country	Iceland
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	63.89°N, 19.01°W · view on map

Torfajökull is located in Iceland, in Europe.

More glaciers in Iceland

Breiðamerkurjökull · Dyngjujökull · Fláajökull · Geitlandsjökull · Hoffellsjökull · Okjökull · Öræfajökull · Sólheimajökull · Þórisjökull.

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