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Öraefajökulls mit Gletschern bedeckte Kaldera aus der Luft gesehen (Foto: (c)Tom Pfeiffer)
Öraefajökulls mit Gletschern bedeckte Kaldera aus der Luft gesehen (Foto: (c)Tom Pfeiffer)
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Öraefajökull Vulkan (Island): seismische Unruhen
Öraefajökull volcano in SE Iceland
Donnerstag, Jan 01, 1970
Island der höchste Vulkan, hat der große unter-Öraefajökull-Vulkan unter Vatnajökull Gletscher auf der SE Island gezeigt eine ungewöhnliche Anzahl von... [mehr]

Öraefajökull Vulkan

Schildvulkan, der unter einem Gletscher liegt 2119 m (6,952 ft)
Iceland, 64°N / -16.65°W
Aktueller Status: nicht aktiv (1 von 5)
Typische Aktivität: Explosiv
Ausbrüche des Öraefajökull: 1362 (Plinian eruption), 1727-28 (sub-Plinian)
Öraefajökull, Iceland's highest peak, is probably Iceland's most violent volcano. A major silicic eruption in 1362 was Iceland's largest historical explosive eruption. It and another eruption during 1727-28 were accompanied by major jökulhlaups (glacier outburst floods) that caused property damage and fatalities.

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Öraefajökull, Iceland's highest peak, is probably Iceland's most violent volcano. A major silicic eruption in 1362 was Iceland's largest historical explosive eruption. It and another eruption during 1727-28 were accompanied by major jökulhlaups (glacier outburst floods) that caused property damage and fatalities.

Öraefajökull is a broad glacier-clad central volcano at the SE end of the Vatnajökull icecap. A 4 x 5 km subglacial caldera truncates the summit of the basaltic and rhyolitic volcano. The largest-volume volcano in Iceland, 2119-m-high Öraefajökull was mostly constructed during the Pleistocene. Holocene activity has been dominated by explosive summit eruptions, although flank lava effusions have also occurred.

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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institution