Snaefellsjökull Volcano | John Seach

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Iceland

64.80 N, 23.78 W
summit elevation 1448 m
Stratovolcano

Snaefellsjökull volcano is located in western Iceland, on the Snæfellsnes peninsula. The volcano used in the novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne, as the entrance to the passage underground. It is situated in Snæfellsjökull National Park.

Further reading
Hardarson, B.S. and Fitton, J.G., 1991. Increased mantle melting beneath Snaefellsjökull volcano during Late Pleistocene deglaciation. Nature353(6339), pp.62-64.

Evans, D.J., Ewertowski, M., Orton, C., Harris, C. and Guðmundsson, S., 2016. Snæfellsjökull volcano-centred ice cap landsystem, West Iceland. Journal of Maps12(5), pp.1128-1137.

Snaefellsjökull Volcano Eruptions

200 AD ± 50, 1000 BC ± 500, 2010 BC ± 100, 2270 BC ± 300, 2400 BC ± 200,
2790 BC ± 300, 4050 BC ± 1000, 6050 BC ± 1000, 8460 BC ± 200.