Bárdarbunga

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  • 2009 m
    6590 ft
  • 64.630°
  • -17.530°
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Summary of eruption dates and Volcanic Explosivity Indices (VEI).

Start Date Stop Date Eruption Certainty VEI Evidence Activity Area or Unit
[ 2008 Aug ] [ Unknown ] Uncertain 0   Loki-Fögrufjöll (West Loki cauldron)
[ 2006 Apr ] [ Unknown ] Uncertain 0   Loki-Fögrufjöll (East Loki cauldron)
[ 2005 Jul ] [ 2005 Aug ] Uncertain 0   Loki-Fögrufjöll (West Loki cauldron)
[ 2002 Jul ] [ 2002 Sep ] Uncertain 0   Loki-Fögrufjöll (W and E Loki cauldrons)
[ 2000 Aug ] [ Unknown ] Uncertain 0   Loki-Fögrufjöll (W and E Loki cauldrons)
[ 1997 Aug ] [ Unknown ] Uncertain 0   Loki-Fögrufjöll (East Loki cauldron)
[ 1996 Aug ] [ Unknown ] Uncertain 0   Loki-Fögrufjöll (West Loki cauldron)
[ 1995 Jul ] [ Unknown ] Uncertain 0   Loki-Fögrufjöll (East Loki cauldron)
[ 1991 Aug 12 ] [ Unknown ] Uncertain 0   Loki-Fögrufjöll (East Loki cauldron)
[ 1986 Nov 29 ] [ 1986 Dec 1 (?) ] Uncertain 0   Loki-Fögrufjöll (East Loki cauldron)
1910 Jun 18 1910 Oct Confirmed 2 Historical Loki-Fögrufjöll (East Loki cauldron)
1902 Dec 1903 Jun Confirmed 2 Unknown Dyngjuhals ?
1872 (?) Unknown Confirmed   Unknown Dyngjuhals ?
1862 Jun 30 1864 Oct 15 ± 45 days Confirmed 2 Historical Trollagigar
[ 1807 ] [ Unknown ] Uncertain     NW-Vatnajökull
1797 Unknown Confirmed   Unknown
1794 Unknown Confirmed   Historical
1769 Unknown Confirmed 2 Unknown
1766 Jul Unknown Confirmed 2 Historical
1750 ± 10 years Unknown Confirmed   Ice Core
1739 Unknown Confirmed 2 Ice Core
1729 Unknown Confirmed 1 Unknown Dyngjuhals ?
1726 Feb 1 ± 30 days 1726 May 1 ± 30 days Confirmed 1 Historical Dyngjujökull, Dyngjuhal ?
1720 Unknown Confirmed 2 Ice Core
1717 Aug 4 1717 Sep 17 (in or after) Confirmed 3 Historical
1716 Oct 5 ± 4 days Unknown Confirmed 2 Historical
1712 Jan 15 ± 45 days Unknown Confirmed 2 Historical
1707 Unknown Confirmed 2 Historical
1706 Unknown Confirmed 2 Historical
1702 Unknown Confirmed 2 Unknown Dyngjuhals ?
1697 Unknown Confirmed 2 Ice Core
1477 Feb (?) Unknown Confirmed 6 Historical Veidivötn (Veidivatnahraun)
1410 (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology
1350 ± 10 years Unknown Confirmed   Ice Core
1290 ± 10 years Unknown Confirmed   Ice Core
1270 ± 10 years Unknown Confirmed   Ice Core
1250 ± 50 years Unknown Confirmed 1 Tephrochronology Frambuni
1210 ± 10 years Unknown Confirmed   Ice Core
1159 (?) Unknown Confirmed   Historical
1080 (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology
940 (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology
880 (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology
870 (?) Unknown Confirmed 4 Tephrochronology Vatnaöldur
150 ± 100 years Unknown Confirmed 2 Tephrochronology Veidivötn (Tjorvahraun)
1200 BCE (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology Veidivötn (Burfellshraun, Drekahraun)
4200 BCE (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology Veidvötn (Sigolduhraun THf)
4400 BCE (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology Veidvötn (Tungnaárhraun THe)
4550 BCE (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology Veidivötn (Sigolduhraun, Kalfahraun)
4600 BCE (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology Veidvötn (Tungnaárhraun THd)
4800 BCE (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology Veidvötn (Tungnaárhraun THc)
5000 BCE (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology Trölladyngja
6650 BCE ± 50 years Unknown Confirmed   Radiocarbon (corrected) Veidivötn (Thjorsarhraun)
7050 BCE ± 1000 years Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology Veidivötn (Haahraun, Botnahraun)
7100 BCE (?) Unknown Confirmed   Tephrochronology Trölladyngja (Bardarhalshraun)

The large central volcano of Bárdarbunga lies beneath the NW part of the Vatnajökull icecap, NW of Grímsvötn volcano, and contains a subglacial 700-m-deep caldera. Related fissure systems include the Veidivötn and Trollagigar fissures, which extend about 100 km SW to near Torfajökull volcano and 50 km NE to near Askja volcano, respectively. Voluminous fissure eruptions, including one at Thjorsarhraun, which produced the largest known Holocene lava flow on Earth with a volume of more than 21 cu km, have occurred throughout the Holocene into historical time from the Veidivötn fissure system. The last major eruption of Veidivötn, in 1477, also produced a large tephra deposit. The subglacial Loki-Fögrufjöll volcanic system located SW of Bárdarbunga volcano is also part of the Bárdarbunga volcanic system and contains two subglacial ridges extending from the largely subglacial Hamarinn central volcano; the Loki ridge trends to the NE and the Fögrufjöll ridge to the SW. Jökulhlaups (glacier-outburst floods) from eruptions at Bárdarbunga potentially affect drainages in all directions.