Epic Volcanoes in Iceland

Kerið

Volcanic crater lake featuring vivid blue water and distinctive red volcanic rock with walking paths encircling the crater.

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Eyjafjallajökul

Eyjafjallajökull, sometimes referred to by the numeronym E15, is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, north of Skógar and west of…

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Þríhnúkagígur volcano

Þríhnúkagígur is a dormant volcano in the volcanic system of Brennisteinsfjöll near Reykjavík, Iceland.

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Víti Crater

Explosion crater within a volcanic system featuring a striking lake with vivid blue to green colors influenced by geothermal activity.

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Hekla

Hekla, or Hecla, is an active stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 m.

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Katla Volcano

Katla is an active volcano in southern Iceland. This particular volcano has been very active historically with at least twenty documented…

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Snæfellsjökull

Snæfellsjökull is a 700,000-year-old glacier-capped stratovolcano in western Iceland.

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Laki

Laki or Lakagígar is a volcanic fissure in the western part of Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland, not far from the volcanic fissure of…

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Askja

Askja is an active volcano situated in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland.

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Hvannadalshnjúkur

Hvannadalshnjúkur or Hvannadalshnúkur Icelandic pronunciation: is a pyramidal peak on the northwestern rim of the summit crater of the…

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Bárðarbunga

Bárðarbunga, is an active and productive stratovolcano located under Vatnajökull in Vatnajökull National Park which is Iceland's most…

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Herðubreið

Herðubreið is a tuya and composite volcano in the northern part of Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland.

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Skjaldbreiður

Skjaldbreiður is an Icelandic lava shield formed in a huge and quite protracted eruption series from about roughly 9,500 years ago.

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