This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

. Iceland has about 130 volcanic mountains, of which 18 have erupted since the settlement of Iceland, circa 900 CE.

List

Name	Elevation (m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology... )	Elevation (ft)	Coordinates Location Location may refer to:* Location , one of the five geographic themes and a specific position or point in physical space. * Absolute location* Content-location in HTTP headers: a Uniform Resource Identifier...	Last eruption	VEI	Notes
Askja Askja Askja is a stratovolcano situated in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland. The name Askja refers to a complex of nested calderas within the surrounding Dyngjufjöll mountains, which rise to , askja meaning box or caldera in Icelandic-Location:The region is only accessible for a few...	1516	4974	65.03°N 16.75°W	1961	5
Bárðarbunga Bárðarbunga Bárðarbunga is an Icelandic stratovolcano located under the ice cap of Vatnajökull glacier, rising to 2,009 m above sea level, making it the second highest mountain in Iceland, just about 101 m lower than Hvannadalshnjúkur....	2005	6515	64.64°N 17.56°W	1903
Brennisteinsfjöll Brennisteinsfjöll Brennisteinsfjöll is a minor ridge in the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, about 20 km or 10 miles south of the capital Reykjavík. There was a lava flow south from Brennisteinsfjöll to the coast at Herdísarvík bay...	626	2054	63.92°N 21.83°W	1341 (± 1 year)	2
Eldfell Eldfell Eldfell is a composite volcanic cone just over high on the Icelandic island of Heimaey. It formed in a volcanic eruption which began without warning just outside the town of Heimaey on 23 January 1973. Its name means Mountain of Fire in Icelandic....	279	915	63.43°N 20.25°W	1973	3	Vestmannaeyjar island of Heimaey Heimaey Heimaey , literally Home Island, is an Icelandic island. At a size of 13.4 km² , it is the largest island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, and the largest and most populated Icelandic island outside the main island of Iceland. Heimaey lies approximately 4 nautical miles off the south coast...
Eldgjá fissure system Eldgjá Eldgjá is a volcanic canyon in Iceland. Eldgjá and the Katla volcano are part of the same volcanic system in the south of the country. Eldgjá means "fire canyon" in Icelandic....	ca 800	ca 2625	64.24°N 18.37°W	934	6
Esjufjöll Esjufjöll The subglacial Esjufjöll volcano at the SE part of the Vatnajökull icecap, north of Öraefajökull volcano, consists of the Snaehetta central volcano and a large caldera. Most of the volcano, including the 40 km2 caldera, is covered by the icecap, but parts of the SE flank are exposed in...	1760	5774	64.27°N 16.65°W	1927
Eyjafjallajökull Eyjafjallajökull Eyjafjallajökull is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, situated to the north of Skógar and to the west of Mýrdalsjökull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of . The volcano has erupted relatively frequently since the last glacial period, most recently in...	1666	5466	63.63°N 19.62°W	2010	4
Fremrinámur	939	3081	65.43°N 16.65°W	800 BC (± 300 years)
Grensdalur	497	1631	64.02°N 21.17°W	dormant		Active during Pleistocene Pleistocene The Pleistocene is the epoch from 2,588,000 to 11,700 years BP that spans the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....
Grímsnes Grímsnes Grímsnes is a fissure or crater row volcano located in southwestern Iceland, a relatively small volcanic system located SE of Thingvallavatn lake east of an en echelon group of volcanic fields extending across the Reykjanes Peninsula. The elevation at its apex is 214 meters...	214	702	64.03°N 20.87°W	~3500 BC	3
Grímsvötn Grímsvötn The Grímsvötn sub-glacial lakes and the volcano of the same name are in South-East Iceland. They are in the highlands of Iceland at the northwestern side of the Vatnajökull ice-cap. The lakes are at , at an elevation of...	1725	5659	64.42°N 17.33°W	2011	4
Hekla Hekla Hekla is a stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland with a height of . Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since 874. During the Middle Ages, Icelanders called the volcano the "Gateway to Hell."Hekla is part of a volcanic...	1491	4892	63.98°N 19.70°W	2000	3
Hengill Hengill The Hengill central volcano is situated in the southwest of Iceland, to the south of Þingvellir. The volcano covers an area of about 100 km²....	803	2634	64.18°N 21.33°W	90 AD (± 100 years)	2
Herðubreið Herðubreið Herðubreið is a tuya in north-east Iceland. It is situated in the Highlands of Iceland in the midst of the Ódáðahraun desert and close to Askja volcano. The desert is a large lava field originating from eruptions of Trölladyngja...	1682	5518	65.18°N 16.34°W	Dormant		Active during Pleistocene
Hofsjökull Hofsjökull Hofsjökull is the third largest glacier in Iceland after Vatnajökull and Langjökull and the largest active volcano in the country. It situates at the west of the Highlands of Iceland and north of the mountain range Kerlingarfjöll, between the two largest glaciers of Iceland. It covers an area of...	1782	5846	64.85°N 19.53°W	Dormant		Active during Holocene Holocene The Holocene is a geological epoch which began at the end of the Pleistocene and continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Quaternary period. Its name comes from the Greek words and , meaning "entirely recent"...
Hrómundartindur	540	1772	64.07°N 21.20°W	10000 BP
Hverfjall Hverfjall Hverfjall 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....	420	1378	65.36°N 16.53°W	~500 BC
Hveravellir	1360	4462	64.75°N 19.98°W	950 AD ± 50 years	6
Jólnir Jolnir Jólnir was formerly a volcanic island south of Iceland. It was a vent of Surtsey, along with Syrtlingur and Surtla. It emerged from the ocean as a result of tectonic activity in July, 1966...	70*	230*	63.30°N 20.63°W	1966		This vent of Surtsey Surtsey Surtsey is a volcanic island off the southern coast of Iceland. At it is also the southernmost point of Iceland. It was formed in a volcanic eruption which began 130 metres below sea level, and reached the surface on 15 November 1963. The eruption lasted until 5 June 1967, when the island...  has since eroded to below sea level
Katla	1512	4961	63.63°N 19.05°W	1918	5	(usually) erupts after an eruption of Eyjafjallajökull
Kerlingarfjöll Kerlingarfjöll Kerlingarfjöll is a mountain range in Iceland situated in the Highlands of Iceland near the Kjölur highland road. The volcanic origin of these mountains is evidenced by the numerous hot springs and rivulets in the area. And indeed, they are part of a large volcano system of...	1488	4882	64.63°N 19.32°W	dormant		Active during Holocene
Kolbeinsey ridge Kolbeinsey Kolbeinsey is a small island off the northern coast of Iceland, north-northwest of the island of Grímsey. The island is the northernmost point of Iceland and lies north of the Arctic Circle...	5	16	66.67°N 18.50°W	1999
Kollóttadyngja Kollóttadyngja Kollóttadyngja is a volcano in Iceland. Situated in the Ódáðahraun lava-field at , its height reaches 1,177 metres, with a diameter of 6–7 km...	1177	3825	65.22°N 16.55°W	unknown
Krafla Krafla Krafla is a caldera of about 10 km in diameter with a 90 km long fissure zone, in the north of Iceland in the Mývatn region. Its highest peak reaches up to 818 m and it is 2 km in depth. There have been 29 reported eruptions in recorded history....	650	2133	65.73°N 16.78°W	1984	4
Krýsuvík Krýsuvík The geothermal area Krýsuvík is situated on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland. It is in the south of Reykjanes in the middle of the fissure zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which traverses Iceland diagonally from the south-west to the north-east of the island....	379	1243	63.93°N 22.10°W	~1340	2
Krakatindur	300	984	63.55°N 19.30°W	unknown
Kverkfjöll Kverkfjöll The mountain range Kverkfjöll is situated on the north-eastern border of the glacier Vatnajökull in Iceland. With their glacier Kverkjökull, they are to be found between the Vatnajökull and the Dyngjufjöll . The mountains are still active volcanoes...	1920	6299	64.65°N 16.72°W	1968	1
Laki Laki Łąki may refer to the following places in Poland:*Łąki, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Łąki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship *Łąki, Lublin Voivodeship...	1725	5606	64.06°N 18.22°W	1783-84	6
Langjökull Langjökull Langjökull is the second largest ice cap in Iceland , after Vatnajökull. It is situated in the west of the Icelandic interior or Highlands of Iceland and can be seen clearly from Haukadalur....	1360	4462	64.75°N 19.98°W	925 AD (± 25 years)
Loki-Fögrufjöll Loki-Fögrufjöll Loki-Fögrufjöll is a volcano under the Vatnajökull glacier.The volcano is found within the Bárðarbunga fissure system, but is independent of Bárðarbunga itself....	1570	5151	64.48°N 17.80°W	1910
Ljósufjöll Ljósufjöll Ljósufjöll is a fissure vent system and central volcano on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland. The system has a length of about 90 km reaching from the lavafields Berserkjahraun on the northside of Snæfellsnes to the village Bifröst and the nearby Grábrók craters next to the no...	988	3241	64.87°N 22.23°W	960 AD (± 10 years)	3
Lýsuhóll	540+	1772+	64.87°N 23.25°W	dormant		Active during Holocene
Öræfajökull Öræfajökull Öræfajökull is an ice-covered volcano in south-east Iceland. It is the largest active volcano in the country, and on its north-western rim is Hvannadalshnúkur, the highest peak in Iceland...	2119	6952	64.00°N 16.65°W	1727	5
Prestahnúkur Prestahnúkur The volcano Prestahnúkur is situated in the west of the Highlands of Iceland to the west of Langjökull glacier, or to be more specific, to the west of Geitlandsjökull glacier, a part of the Langjökull.-The volcanic system:...	1386	4504	64.60°N 20.60°W	7550 BC (± 500 years)
Reykjanes Reykjanes Reykjanes or Reykjanesskagi is a peninsula and a volcanic system situated at the south-western end of Iceland, near the capital of Reykjavík....	230	755	63.88°N 22.50°W	1879
Reykjaneshryggur	-80	-262	63.67°N 23.33°W	1970(?)
Snæfellsjökull Snæfellsjökull Snæfellsjökull is a 700,000 year old stratovolcano with a glacier covering its summit in western Iceland. The name of the mountain is actually Snæfell, but it is normally called "Snæfellsjökull" to distinguish it from two other mountains with this name...	1448	4751	64.80°N 23.78°W	200 AD (± 150 years)	2
Surtsey Surtsey Surtsey is a volcanic island off the southern coast of Iceland. At it is also the southernmost point of Iceland. It was formed in a volcanic eruption which began 130 metres below sea level, and reached the surface on 15 November 1963. The eruption lasted until 5 June 1967, when the island...	174	571	63.30°N 20.62°W	1963		Westman Islands Vestmannaeyjar island
Theistareykjarbunga Theistareykjarbunga Theistareykjarbunga is a shield volcano in Iceland with two fissure vents called Theistareykjahraun and Borgahraun, and two cones the 370m Storahversmor and the 540m Storaviti.-Subfeatures:...	564	1850	65.88°N 16.83°W	750 BC (± 100 years)
Thordarhyrna Thordarhyrna Þórðarhyrna is one of seven subglacial volcanos beneath the Vatnajokull glacier Iceland.-Eruptions:It last erupted in 1910 and prior to that in 1903...		| 64.12°N 17.0°W	1910	4
Thórólfsfell Thorolfsfell Þórólfsfell is a basaltic tuya in southern Iceland, east of Fljótshlíð. Its upper section is made up of pillow lavas. It is 574 metres above sea level.-References:*...	574	1883	63.72°N 19.67°W	unknown
Tindfjallajökull Tindfjallajökull Tindfjallajökull is a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland. It has erupted rocks of basaltic to rhyolitic composition, and a 5-km-wide caldera was formed during the eruption of the 54,000 year old Thórsmörk Ignimbrite....	1463	4800	63.78°N 19.57°W	dormant		Active during Holocene
Tjörnes fracture zone	—150	—500	66.30°N 17.10°W	1868
Torfajökull Torfajökull Torfajökull is a rhyolitic stratovolcano and complex of subglacial volcanoes, located north of Mýrdalsjökull and south of Þórisvatn Lake, Iceland...	1259	4131	63.92°N 19.17°W	1477	3
Tungnafellsjökull Tungnafellsjökull Tungnafellsjökull is a glacier and volcano in Iceland. It has an elevation of and is located northwest of Vatnajökull glacier.-References:*...	1535	5036	64.73°N 17.92°W	dormant		Active during Holocene
Vatnafjöll Vatnafjöll Vatnafjöll is a long, wide basaltic fissure vent system that is located southeast of Hekla, Iceland. It is part of the same system as Hekla. More than two dozen eruptions have occurred at Vatnafjöll during the Holocene Epoch. Vatnafjöll last erupted about 1200 years ago....	1235	4052	63.92°N 19.67°W	750 AD (± 1000 years)

Volcanic zones and systems

Iceland has four volcanic zones: Reykjanes

Reykjanes

Reykjanes or Reykjanesskagi is a peninsula and a volcanic system situated at the south-western end of Iceland, near the capital of Reykjavík....

 (Reykjanes Ridge, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a mid-ocean ridge, a divergent tectonic plate boundary located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, and part of the longest mountain range in the world. It separates the Eurasian Plate and North American Plate in the North Atlantic, and the African Plate from the South...

 South of Iceland), West and North Volcanic Zones (RVZ, WVZ, NVZ) and the East Volcanic Zone (EVZ), (Westman Islands). The Mid-Iceland Belt (MIB) connects them across central Iceland. There are two intraplate belts too (Öræfajökull

Öræfajökull

Öræfajökull is an ice-covered volcano in south-east Iceland. It is the largest active volcano in the country, and on its north-western rim is Hvannadalshnúkur, the highest peak in Iceland...

 (ÖVB) and Snæfellsnes

Snæfellsnes

The Snæfellsnes is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western of Iceland.It has been named Iceland in Miniature, as many national sights can be found in the area, including the Snæfellsjökull volcano, regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland. With its height of 1446 m, it...

 (SVB)). North of Iceland the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is called Kolbeinsey Ridge.

The central volcanoes (Iceland's East Volcanic Zone (EVZ)), Vonarskarð and Hágöngur belong to the same volcanic system, this also applies to Bárðarbunga

Bárðarbunga

Bárðarbunga is an Icelandic stratovolcano located under the ice cap of Vatnajökull glacier, rising to 2,009 m above sea level, making it the second highest mountain in Iceland, just about 101 m lower than Hvannadalshnjúkur....

 and Hamarinn, and Grímsvötn

Grímsvötn

The Grímsvötn sub-glacial lakes and the volcano of the same name are in South-East Iceland. They are in the highlands of Iceland at the northwestern side of the Vatnajökull ice-cap. The lakes are at , at an elevation of...

 and Þórðarhyrna. It is proposed that the line Grímsvötn volcano, Mid-Iceland Belt (MIB) to Snæfellsnes

Snæfellsnes

The Snæfellsnes is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western of Iceland.It has been named Iceland in Miniature, as many national sights can be found in the area, including the Snæfellsjökull volcano, regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland. With its height of 1446 m, it...

 volcanic belt shows the movement of the North American Plate

North American Plate

The North American Plate is a tectonic plate covering most of North America, Greenland, Cuba, Bahamas, and parts of Siberia, Japan and Iceland. It extends eastward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and westward to the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia. The plate includes both continental and oceanic crust...

 over the Iceland hotspot

Iceland hotspot

The Iceland hotspot is a hotspot which is partly responsible for the high volcanic activity which has formed the island of Iceland.-Description:...

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	Volcanic Zone	Volcanic System	Name of central volcano of the volcanic system
1	RVZ	Reykjanes Reykjanes Reykjanes or Reykjanesskagi is a peninsula and a volcanic system situated at the south-western end of Iceland, near the capital of Reykjavík.... /Svartsengi	void
2	RVZ	Krýsuvík Krýsuvík The geothermal area Krýsuvík is situated on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland. It is in the south of Reykjanes in the middle of the fissure zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which traverses Iceland diagonally from the south-west to the north-east of the island....	void
3	RVZ	Brennisteinsfjöll	void
4	WVZ	Hengill Hengill The Hengill central volcano is situated in the southwest of Iceland, to the south of Þingvellir. The volcano covers an area of about 100 km²....	Hengill
5	WVZ	Hrómundartindur	void
6	WVZ	Grímsnes Grímsnes Grímsnes is a fissure or crater row volcano located in southwestern Iceland, a relatively small volcanic system located SE of Thingvallavatn lake east of an en echelon group of volcanic fields extending across the Reykjanes Peninsula. The elevation at its apex is 214 meters...	void
7	WVZ	Geysir	void
8	WVZ	Prestahnúkur Prestahnúkur The volcano Prestahnúkur is situated in the west of the Highlands of Iceland to the west of Langjökull glacier, or to be more specific, to the west of Geitlandsjökull glacier, a part of the Langjökull.-The volcanic system:...	Prestahnúkur
9	WVZ	Hveravellir	Hveravellir
10	MIB	Hofsjökull	Hofsjökull Hofsjökull Hofsjökull is the third largest glacier in Iceland after Vatnajökull and Langjökull and the largest active volcano in the country. It situates at the west of the Highlands of Iceland and north of the mountain range Kerlingarfjöll, between the two largest glaciers of Iceland. It covers an area of... /Kerlingarfjöll Kerlingarfjöll Kerlingarfjöll is a mountain range in Iceland situated in the Highlands of Iceland near the Kjölur highland road. The volcanic origin of these mountains is evidenced by the numerous hot springs and rivulets in the area. And indeed, they are part of a large volcano system of...
11	MIB	Tungnafellsjökull Tungnafellsjökull Tungnafellsjökull is a glacier and volcano in Iceland. It has an elevation of and is located northwest of Vatnajökull glacier.-References:*...	Tungnafellsjökull/Hágöngur
12	EVZ	Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands)	void
13	EVZ	Eyjafjallajökull Eyjafjallajökull Eyjafjallajökull is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, situated to the north of Skógar and to the west of Mýrdalsjökull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of . The volcano has erupted relatively frequently since the last glacial period, most recently in...	Eyjafjallajökull
14	EVZ	Katla Katla Katla is one of the largest volcanoes in Iceland. It is situated to the north of Vík í Mýrdal and to the east of the smaller glacier Eyjafjallajökull. Its peak reaches in height and is partially covered by the Mýrdalsjökull glacier. The Eldgjá canyon is part of the same volcanic system...	Katla Katla Katla is one of the largest volcanoes in Iceland. It is situated to the north of Vík í Mýrdal and to the east of the smaller glacier Eyjafjallajökull. Its peak reaches in height and is partially covered by the Mýrdalsjökull glacier. The Eldgjá canyon is part of the same volcanic system...
15	EVZ	Tindfjöll	Tindfjöll
16	EVZ	Hekla Hekla Hekla is a stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland with a height of . Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since 874. During the Middle Ages, Icelanders called the volcano the "Gateway to Hell."Hekla is part of a volcanic... -Vatnafjöll Vatnafjöll Vatnafjöll is a long, wide basaltic fissure vent system that is located southeast of Hekla, Iceland. It is part of the same system as Hekla. More than two dozen eruptions have occurred at Vatnafjöll during the Holocene Epoch. Vatnafjöll last erupted about 1200 years ago....	Hekla
17	EVZ	Torfajökull Torfajökull Torfajökull is a rhyolitic stratovolcano and complex of subglacial volcanoes, located north of Mýrdalsjökull and south of Þórisvatn Lake, Iceland...	Torfajökull
18	EVZ	Bárðarbunga Bárðarbunga Bárðarbunga is an Icelandic stratovolcano located under the ice cap of Vatnajökull glacier, rising to 2,009 m above sea level, making it the second highest mountain in Iceland, just about 101 m lower than Hvannadalshnjúkur.... -Veiðivötn	Bárðarbunga/Hamarinn
19	EVZ	Grímsvötn Grímsvötn The Grímsvötn sub-glacial lakes and the volcano of the same name are in South-East Iceland. They are in the highlands of Iceland at the northwestern side of the Vatnajökull ice-cap. The lakes are at , at an elevation of...	Grímsvötn/Thórdarhyrna
#	EVZ	(Central volcanoes, as well)	(Vonarskard/Hágöngur)
20	NVZ	Kverkfjöll Kverkfjöll The mountain range Kverkfjöll is situated on the north-eastern border of the glacier Vatnajökull in Iceland. With their glacier Kverkjökull, they are to be found between the Vatnajökull and the Dyngjufjöll . The mountains are still active volcanoes...	Kverkfjöll
21	NVZ	Askja Askja Askja is a stratovolcano situated in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland. The name Askja refers to a complex of nested calderas within the surrounding Dyngjufjöll mountains, which rise to , askja meaning box or caldera in Icelandic-Location:The region is only accessible for a few...	Askja
22	NVZ	Fremrinámur	void
23	NVZ	Krafla Krafla Krafla is a caldera of about 10 km in diameter with a 90 km long fissure zone, in the north of Iceland in the Mývatn region. Its highest peak reaches up to 818 m and it is 2 km in depth. There have been 29 reported eruptions in recorded history....	Krafla
24	NVZ	Theistareykir	void
25	ÖVB	Öræfajökull Öræfajökull Öræfajökull is an ice-covered volcano in south-east Iceland. It is the largest active volcano in the country, and on its north-western rim is Hvannadalshnúkur, the highest peak in Iceland...	Öræfajökull
26	ÖVB	Esjufjöll Esjufjöll The subglacial Esjufjöll volcano at the SE part of the Vatnajökull icecap, north of Öraefajökull volcano, consists of the Snaehetta central volcano and a large caldera. Most of the volcano, including the 40 km2 caldera, is covered by the icecap, but parts of the SE flank are exposed in...	Snæhetta
27	ÖVB	Snæfell Snæfell There are three volcanoes with the name Snæfell in Iceland:* The famous mountain Snæfellsjökull with its big glacier on top lies to the west of the island ....	Snæfell
28	SVB	Ljósufjöll Ljósufjöll Ljósufjöll is a fissure vent system and central volcano on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland. The system has a length of about 90 km reaching from the lavafields Berserkjahraun on the northside of Snæfellsnes to the village Bifröst and the nearby Grábrók craters next to the no...	void
29	SVB	Helgrindur (Lýsuskarð)	void
30	SVB	Snæfellsjökull Snæfellsjökull Snæfellsjökull is a 700,000 year old stratovolcano with a glacier covering its summit in western Iceland. The name of the mountain is actually Snæfell, but it is normally called "Snæfellsjökull" to distinguish it from two other mountains with this name...	Snæfellsjökull