Kirkjufell

Description

EARLY HOLOCENIAN ERUPTION TYPE OF DOMINANT ERUPTION Effusive CURRENT ACTIVITY Apparently none POSSIBLE IMPACT OF AN ERUPTION Medium RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTUAL ERUPTION Lava flows (to roads and agricultural areas); volcanic ash (to air routes) PARTICULAR SIGNS Mount Kirkjufell, which towers above the town of Grundarfjörður in one of the most photographed settings in Iceland, belongs to this volcanic system.