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Hverfjall
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thumb|Trails to Hverfjall Hverfjall (; also known as Hverfell ) is a tephra cone or tuff ring volcano in northern Iceland, to the east of Mývatn.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Hverfjall
Mountain.photo
HverfellInnerCrater.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
The Hverfjall crater from the south
Mountain.elevation_m
420
Mountain.location
Iceland
Mountain.type
Tephra cone, tuff ring volcano
Mountain.last_eruption
2500 BP

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thumb|Trails to Hverfjall Hverfjall (; also known as Hverfell ) is a tephra cone or tuff ring volcano in northern Iceland, to the east of Mývatn.

It erupted in 2500 BP in the southern part of the Krafla fissure swarm. The crater is approximately 1 km in diameter.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hverfjall” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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