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Bárðarbunga
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Bárðarbunga (, alternative name Veiðivötn), is an active and productive stratovolcano located under Vatnajökull, which is Iceland's most extensive glacier, in Vatnajökull National Park. The second highest mountain in Iceland, above sea level, Bárðarbunga is also part of the Bárðarbunga-Veiðivötn volcanic system that is approximately long and wide.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Bárðarbunga
- Mountain.other_name
- Veiðivötn
- Mountain.photo
- Bárðarbunga Volcano, September 4 2014 - 15146259395.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Eruption at Holuhraun, 4 September 2014
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2000
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 550
- Mountain.map
- Iceland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Map of Iceland showing the location of Bárðarbunga.
- Mountain.location
- Vatnajökull, Iceland
- Mountain.type
- Subglacial volcano/Icelandic stratovolcano
- Mountain.age
- over 10,000 years
- Mountain.last_eruption
- 29 August 2014 to 27 February 2015
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 2010
- Image
- Vatnajökull.jpeg
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- topographic prominence
- 550
- native label
- Bárðarbunga
- described at URL
- icelandicvolcanoes.is//?volcano=BAR
- Commons category
- Bárðarbunga
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Description
- Context
- Etymology
- Eruptions and notable activity
- 6600 BC
- 877
- 1477
- 1701–1864
- 1910 eruption
- 1996
- 2010
- 2014–2015
- 2024
- 1950 Geysir air crash
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Bárðarbunga (, alternative name Veiðivötn), is an active and productive stratovolcano located under Vatnajökull, which is Iceland's most extensive glacier, in Vatnajökull National Park. The second highest mountain in Iceland, above sea level, Bárðarbunga is also part of the Bárðarbunga-Veiðivötn volcanic system that is approximately long and wide.
Bárðarbunga erupted in late August 2014, the eruption style effusive, which is common in Iceland, but had not been seen for a few years. Lava covered the surrounding landscape northwest of the Vatnajökull glacier.
On the map
2 mapped locations