Skjaldbreiður is a shield volcano within the Oddnýjarhnúkur-Langjökull system
The Ljósufjöll volcanic system on the Snæfellsnes Volcanic Zone has been moderately active in the Holocene. The last eruption was a small basaltic eruption in the 10th century. The Ljósufjöll system is composed of a central volcano and a fissure…
The Prestahnúkur volcanic system has been moderately active with six eruptions in Holocene time. The last eruption took place around 900. The volcanic system is located on the west margin of the Western Volcanic Zone. It is about 90 km long and 15…
The Reykjanes volcanic system has been moderately active with the last eruption occurring in 1240 BC. It is about 45 km long and 5-15 km wide, with a SW-NE trend. Its northern part merges with the Svartsengi volcanic system while the southernmost 9…
The Tindfjallajökull volcanic system has not been active since in the early Holocene (inactive during the last 8000 years). Tindfjallajökull lies on the Eastern Volcanic Zone and is a central volcano, 15-20 km in diameter, rising to 1464 m. It has a…
The Torfajökull volcanic system has been moderately active in the Holocene, with the last eruption occurring in 1477. It is located in the Eastern Volcanic Zone where rifting propagates into previously unrifted crust. The system consists of central…
The Tungnafellsjökull volcanic system on the Central Iceland Volcanic Zone is a low activity system, in spite of its location in the central area of the Iceland hotspot, the last eruption being a small effusive eruption several thousand years ago.…
The Vestmannaeyjar volcanic system has been moderately active in the Holocene with the latest eruption occurring in 1973. The system is 30-35 km long and 20-25 km wide, forming an archipelago 10-30 km off the south coast of Iceland reaching a…
The Öræfajökull volcanic system has been moderately active in the Holocene. The last eruption was a moderate explosive eruption in 1727. The Öræfajökull system lies on a volcanic belt outside the main volcanic zones and consists of a central volcano…
Activity has been low in the Þeistareykir volcanic system since early Holocene. The last eruption took place about 2400 years ago. Located in the Northern Volcanic Zone it is the northernmost on-land volcanic system in Iceland. It is about 80 km…
The Þórðarhyrna central volcano has been moderately active during the Holocene, with the last eruption occurring in 1903. It is the second and less active central volcano on the Grímsvötn-Laki volcanic system, located about 20 km SW of the more…
The Helgrindur volcanic system on the Snæfellsnes Volcanic Zone has been weakly active in the Holocene, only producing two small basaltic lava flows that are more than 1100 years old. The Helgrindur system consists of a central volcano and fissure…
The Snæfellsjökull volcanic system has been moderately active in the Holocene. The last eruption was a small basaltic eruption less than 1800 years ago, the lava covering about 4.5 km2. The 30 km long and up to 20 km wide volcanic system lies on the…
The Botanic Garden is an outdoor collection of living plants. It was founded in 1961 and is run by the City of Reykjavík. The gardens main role is to conserve plants for education, research and delight. It conserves some 5000 plant species in eight…
Playgrounds are open in the summertime as well as on the weekends during the winter, weather permitting. Castles, zip-lines and other equipment are always open. It’s also nice to just stroll around in the beautiful surroundings.
There are a lot more animals at the zoo than most people think. Icelandic farm animals, mammals from the country’s wildlife, in addition to a small exhibition of reptiles, amphibians and insects.