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Bárdarbunga Volcano - John Seach
Iceland
64.63 N, 17.53 W
summit elevation 2000 m
stratovolcano
Bárdarbunga volcano is located under NW part of the Vatnajökull icecap. Veidivötn and Trollagigar are related fissure systems, which extend about 100 km SW.
A fissure eruption at Thjorsarhraun produced the largest holocene lava flow on earth with a volume of 21 cu km. The 1477 eruption of Bardarbunga was large with a volcanic explosivity index of 5.
Bárdarbunga Volcano Eruptions
1902-03, 1872?, 1862-64, 1807?, 1797, 1769, 1766, 1729, 1726, 1717, 1716, 1712,
1707, 1706, 1477, 1410?, 1159?, 1080?, 940?