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Helgafell (volcano)

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Location
  
Heimaey, Iceland

Last eruption
  
3950 BCE ± 300 years

Age of rock
  
5,000 years

Elevation
  
227 m

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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

Helgafell (volcano) Wikipedia