Location Heimaey, Iceland Last eruption 3950 BCE ± 300 years | Age of rock 5,000 years Elevation 227 m | |
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Similar Eldfell, Torfajökull, Skjaldbreiður, Hofsjökull, Ljósufjöll | ||
Helgafell is an inactive 227-metre-high volcanic cone located on the island of Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago in Iceland.
Map of Helgafell, Iceland
The Stórhöfði peninsula immediately to the south of Helgafell in what is now southern Heimaey formed about 6000 years ago, with Helgafell forming from a secondary eruption a thousand years later. Immediately north of Helgafell is the active volcano Eldfell, which last erupted January 23, 1973.
Helgafell is a dormant cone volcano. Since Eldfell, (which is a slightly shorter volcano) erupted in 1973, it's very likely that Helgafell will erupt again too.
References
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