Keilir

Keilir
Keilir with the smaller Keilisbörn hills in winter
Highest point
Elevation397 m (1,302 ft)[1]
Coordinates63°56′33″N 22°10′15″W / 63.94250°N 22.17083°W / 63.94250; -22.17083[2]
Geography
Keilir is located in Iceland
Keilir
Keilir
Iceland
LocationReykjanes Peninsula, Iceland
Geology
Mountain typeSubglacial mound or tuya
Volcanic arc/beltReykjanes Volcanic Belt
Last eruptionPleistocene
Climbing
Easiest routefrom ENE
Volcano eruption at Fagradalsfjall next to Litli-Hrútur and with Keilir in the background
Volcano eruption at Fagradalsfjall next to Litli-Hrútur and with Keilir in the background
Keilir from Spákonuvatn lake, Reykjavegur hiking trail
Remote view of Keilir among tumuli within Hvassahraun lava field (Krýsuvík volcanic system

Keilir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈcʰeiːlɪr̥]; 378 m asl) is a Pleistocene subglacial mound or perhaps a conical tuya[3] on Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland.[4] Basal area is 0.773 km2, summit area 0.004 km2, basal width 0.99 km, summit width 0.07 km, volume 0.0362 km3.[3]

It is located within the area of Krýsuvík volcanic system[5] and Reykjanesfólkvangur. It is about 17 miles southwest of the capital city Reykjavík,

In March 2021 the mountain began to emit earthquakes followed by a fissure lava eruption further southwest at Fagradalsfjall.

  1. ^ Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Pétur Þorsteinsson: Íslensk fjöll. Gönguleiðir á 152 tind. Reykjavík 2004, p. 156
  2. ^ G.B.M.Pedersen, P. Grosse: Morphometry of subaerial shield volcanoes and glaciovolcanoes from Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland: Effects of eruption environment. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 282, (2014), 115-133. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b G.B.M.Pedersen, P. Grosse: Morphometry of subaerial shield volcanoes and glaciovolcanoes from Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland: Effects of eruption environment. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 282, (2014), 115-133. See also for maps therein.
  4. ^ Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. Reykjavík 1989, p. 53
  5. ^ See eg. maps herein: Ermias Yohannes Berhane: Geochemical interpretation of thermal water and gas samples from Krýsuvík, Iceland and Alid, Eritrea. The United Nations University. Report No. 18, 2004.