Vatnafjöll

Infobox Mountain
Name=Vatnafjöll
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Elevation=Unit m|1235|0
Location=Iceland
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|63.92|N|19.67|W|type:mountain_region:CA
Topographic

Type=Fissure vents
Age=Tephrochronology
Last eruption=1200 years ago
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Vatnafjöll is a Unit km|40|0 long, Unit km|9|0 wide basaltic fissure vent system that is located southeast of Hekla, Iceland. It has been one of Iceland's most active volcanoes. [ [http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1702-06= Global Volcanism Program: Vatnafjöll] ] More than two dozen eruptions have occurred at Vatnafjöll during the Holocene Era. Vatnafjöll last erupted about 1200 years ago.

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Iceland
*Volcanism in Iceland

References