Grimsvotn Volcano beneath Vatnajokull ice cap, Iceland


Grimsvotn Volcano is a subglacial volcano situated near the center of the Vatnajokull ice cap in Iceland and is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes. It has a complex of calderas and a subglacial caldera lake sustained by geothermal heat. The last eruption was 2004 with other eruptions in 1983, 1996 and 1998.


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Location: Vatnajokull Ice Cap, Iceland
Photo credit: © Ragnar Th Sigurdsson / Alamy / Afripics
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