Sverrefjell Volcano
Updated: Apr 19, 2024 20:55 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone 506 m / 1660 ft
Spitsbergen, Arctic Ocean, Norway, 79.43°N / 13.3°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Spitsbergen, Arctic Ocean, Norway, 79.43°N / 13.3°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Sverrefjell volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
Early investigators considered Sverre to be of postglacial age based on its location in a glacially carved valley. Semevskii (1965) assigned an age between 6500 and 4000 years before present (BP) marine terraces. A more detailed study of glacial and volcanic stratigraphy suggests an age between 100,000 and 250,000 BP (Skjelkvale et al. 1989).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information