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Sign in to saveGrímsvötn (; vötn = "waters", singular: ) is an active volcano with a (partially subglacial) fissure system located in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. The central volcano is completely subglacial and located under the northwestern side of the Vatnajökull ice cap. The subglacial caldera is at , at an elevation of . Beneath the caldera is the magma chamber of the Grímsvötn volcano.
Grímsvötn is an active volcano in Iceland located beneath the Vatnajökull ice cap in Vatnajökull National Park. Much of the volcano is hidden under glacial ice, with its subglacial magma chamber playing an important role in Iceland's volcanic activity.
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Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Grímsvötn
- Mountain.photo
- Iceland_Grimsvoetn_1972-B.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Grímsvötn and the Vatnajökull glacier, Iceland, July 1972
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1725
- Mountain.listing
- List of volcanoes in Iceland
- Mountain.location
- Austur-Skaftafellssýsla / Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland
- Mountain.map
- Iceland
- Mountain.relief
- 1
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.type
- Volcanic caldera
- Mountain.last_eruption
- May 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcano
- Part of
- Vatnajökull
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Skaftárhreppur
- Elevation
- 1725
- Material used
- picrobasalt
- Image
- Iceland Grimsvoetn 1972-B.jpg
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- Commons category
- Grímsvötn
- Commons gallery
- Grímsvötn
- located in protected area
- Vatnajökull National Park
- native label
- Grímsvötn
- described at URL
- icelandicvolcanoes.is//?volcano=GRV
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