List of volcanoes in Iceland


This list of volcanoes in Iceland includes 31 active and extinct volcanic mountains, of which 18 have erupted since human settlement of Iceland began circa 900 CE.

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Volcanic zones and systems

Iceland has four major volcanic zones surrounding an hypothetic hotspot: the Reykjanes zone, subdivided in the Reykjanes Ridge and the Reykjanes Volcanic Belt ; the West Volcanic Zone ; the East Volcanic Zone ; and the North Volcanic Zone. The Mid-Iceland Belt connects them across central Iceland.
In the Iceland's East Volcanic Zone, the central volcanoes, Vonarskarð and Hágöngur belong to the same volcanic system; this also applies to Bárðarbunga and Hamarinn, and to Grímsvötn and Þórðarhyrna.
North of Iceland, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is called Kolbeinsey Ridge and connected to the North Volcanic Zone via the Tjörnes Fracture Zone. Also the South Iceland Seismic Zone is another fracture zone, that connects the East and West Volcanic Zones. Both fracture zones also include their own volcanic systems, smaller than those in the Mid-Iceland Belt.
Beside the hotspot area fragmenting the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, there are also two intraplate volcanic belts: Öræfajökull on the Eurasian plate, and Snæfellsnes on the North American plate. It is proposed that the east-west line going from the Grímsvötn volcano in the Mid-Iceland Belt to the Snæfellsnes volcanic belt shows the movement of the North American Plate over the Iceland hotspot.
#Volcanic zoneVolcanic systemName of central volcano
of the volcanic system
1RVZReykjanes/SvartsengiGunnuhver
2RVZKrýsuvíkTrölladyngja
3RVZBrennisteinsfjöllvoid
4WVZHengillHengill
5WVZHrómundartindurHrómundartindur
6WVZGrensdalurvoid
7WVZGrímsnesSeyðishólar
8WVZGeysirLaugarfjall
9WVZWestern LangjökullPrestahnúkur
10WVZEastern LangjökullHveravellir
11MIBHofsjökullHofsjökull
12MIBKerlingarfjöllSnækollur
13MIBTungnafellsjökullTungnafellsjökull/Hágöngur
14EVZVestmannaeyjar
void
15EVZEyjafjallajökullEyjafjallajökull
16EVZKatlaKatla
17EVZTindfjallajökullTindfjallajökull
18EVZHekla-VatnafjöllHekla
19EVZTorfajökullTorfajökull
20EVZBárðarbunga-VeiðivötnBárðarbunga/Hamarinn
21EVZGrímsvötnGrímsvötn/Thórdarhyrna
#EVZ
22NVZKverkfjöllAustari Kverkfjöll
23NVZAskjaAskja
24NVZFremrinámurvoid
25NVZKraflaKrafla
26NVZÞeistareykirÞeistareykjabunga
27ÖVBÖræfajökullÖræfajökull
28ÖVBEsjufjöllSnæhetta
29ÖVBSnæfellSnæfell
30SVBLjósufjöllvoid
31SVBLýsuskarðHelgrindur
32SVBSnæfellsjökullSnæfellsjökull