Fagradalsfjall volcano is an active shield volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland. Fagradalsfjall’s eruption in 2021 was the volcano’s first since it entered a period of dormancy roughly 6,000 years ago.
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Where is the Fagradalsfjall volcano?Fagradalsfjall is one of several shield volcanoes (large dome-shaped mountains constructed by the stacking of lava flows) on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland. The volcano is near the divergent boundary between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates. It is one of six volcanic systems in the region.What is the height of Fagradalsfjall’s summit?Fagradalsfjall’s summit stands about 820 feet (250 meters) above sea level. The volcano covers an area about 4 miles (6 km) wide made up of tuyas (flat-topped, steep-sided volcanoes that erupt through glacierice), mounds and ridges composed of hyaloclastites (a pillow-like igneousbreccia made of basalt fragments), and postglacial lavas.When did Fagradalsfjall last erupt before 2021?Fagradalsfjall’s eruption in 2021 was the volcano’s first since it entered a period of dormancy roughly 6,000 years ago, and it also was the first time in roughly 800 years that any volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula had erupted. Smaller eruptions of Fagradalsfjall have taken place since August 2022.