Vífilsfell
Vífilsfell is a volcano in Iceland, 655 m high. It last erupted in Pleistocene (Weichselian).
- Elevation
- 655 m
- Type
- Subglacial mound
- Last eruption
- Pleistocene (Weichselian)
"Vífilsfell directly overlies" a tuya, called "Northern Bláfjöll" by Hamilton "and encompasses a conical mound of palagonite with isolated welded scoria, volcanic bombs, dikes with pillowed surfaces, and peripheral slump deposit". (C.W.Hamilton, 2004)
Details
- Age
- Pleistocene (Weichselian)
- Type
- Subglacial mound
- Range
- Bláfjöll
- Language
- Icelandic
- Location
- Iceland
- Map Size
- 200
- Map Relief
- 1
- Elevation M
- 655
- Translation
- Mountain of Vífill
- Prominence M
- 400-450
- Easiest Route
- from the ridge between Jósepsdalur and the Hringvegur
- Elevation Ref
- (Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. Reykjavík 1989, p. 834)
- Last Eruption
- Pleistocene (Weichselian)
- Label Position
- right
- Prominence Ref
- (Snæbjörn Guðmundsson, Vegvísir um Jardfræði Íslands. Reykjavík 2015, p.50)
Questions about Vífilsfell
Where is Vífilsfell?
Vífilsfell is in Iceland.
How high is Vífilsfell?
Vífilsfell is 655 m high.
When did Vífilsfell last erupt?
Vífilsfell last erupted in Pleistocene (Weichselian).