A new volcanic eruption began on 10 July 2024 near Fagradalsfjall, merging with lava from previous eruptions and reshaping the landscape just 25 km from Reykjavík. This map, updated 19 July 2024, highlights the new fissures, active crater, and past lava fields.
A renewed volcanic eruption started on 3 August 2022 in the north-eastern part of the 2021 eruption site on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland which keeps changing and transforming the landscape in the valley and its surrounding areas as a result.
On 19. March 2021 a volcanic eruption started in the Geldingadalir valley at Fagradalsfjall mountain on the Reykjanes peninsula, South-West Iceland. The new lava field was named Fagradalshraun and after the first 6 months of activity had grown to cover an area of 4.8 square kilometers.
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