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Bárdarbunga Volcano - John Seach
Iceland
64.63 N, 17.53 W
summit elevation 2000 m
stratovolcano
Bárdarbunga volcano is located under NW part of the Vatnajökull icecap. Veidivötn and Trollagigar are related fissure systems, which extend about 100 km SW. It has been one of the most active volcanoes in Iceland over the past few hundred years.
A fissure eruption at Thjorsarhraun produced the largest holocene lava flow on earth with a volume of 21 cu km. The 1477 eruption of Bardarbunga was large with a volcanic explosivity index of 5.
Bárdarbunga Volcano Eruptions
1902-03, 1872?, 1862-64, 1807?, 1797, 1769, 1766, 1729, 1726, 1717, 1716, 1712,
1707, 1706, 1477, 1410?, 1159?, 1080?, 940?