Eyjafjallajökull

Details

Elevation (feet): 1666
Elevation (meters): 508
Continent: Europe
Country: Iceland
Range/Region: Scandinavia/European Arctic
Latitude: 63.633
Longitude: -19.6
Difficulty: Basic Snow/Ice Climb
Best months for climbing: May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Most recent eruption: 1823
Year first climbed: 1777
First successful climber(s): Sveinn Palsson
Nearest major airport: Keflavik, Iceland, or small local airfiled Pakki 10 km from peak
Convenient Center: Vik

Thanks to Marko Norkroos for adding this peak.

Description

Eyjafjallajökull (1666m/5500ft) is a 6th biggest glacier in Iceland located in south Iceland just west of bigger glacier Myrdarsjokull is cone shaped active volcano, last erupted at 19th century. Eruption of volcano can start dangerous glacial run. Volcano has a crater diameter of 3-4 km and glacier covers area about 100 square km.

Thanks to Marko Norkroos for this description.

Links

  • Eyjafjallajökull - Wikipedia

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