Torfajökull

Infobox Mountain
Name= Torfajökull
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Elevation=1,259 metres (4,131 feet)
Location=Iceland
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Coordinates = coord|63|55|N|19|10|W|type:mountain
Topographic

Type=Stratovolcano
Age=Pleistocene
Last eruption=1477
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Torfajökull is a rhyolitic stratovolcano and complex of subglacial volcanoes, located north of Myrdalsjökull and south of Thorisvatn Lake, Iceland. Torfajökull last erupted in 1477 and consists of the largest area of silicic extrusive rocks in Iceland.

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Iceland
*Volcanism in Iceland

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