eruptions have occurred during the Holocene producing tephra. With regard to another eruption date given the uncorrected radiocarbon date is  BP corrected to  BP. Accordingly for the most recent eruption sequence a date of about 200 CE is used in the article without the error in the reference range or its original source stated and without a correction to 175 CE as would normally be done. The date of last eruption is slightly more recent than this and such dating could imply greater accuracy to last eruption time than is the case. The range of dates in the literature might also reflect some out of date sources. At least 20 Holocene eruptions have occurred, This eruption formed the Búðahraun lava field from the crater Búðaklettur, south-west of Búðir. with rocks no older locally than 800,000 years, Reaching the true summit requires technical ice climbing.

In culture

Literature

Snæfellsjökull serves as the entrance to the subterranean journey in Jules Verne's classic science fiction novel, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864). It is also featured in the 1960s Blind Birds trilogy by Czech SF writer Ludvík Souček, loosely inspired by Verne's work. While trying to discern whether Verne actually visited Iceland, a Czechoslovak-Icelandic science party discovers an ancient alien outpost in the cave system under Snæfellsjökull.

It also figures prominently in the novel Under the Glacier (1968) by Icelandic Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness.

Radio and podcasting

Snæfellsjökull is the setting and subject of "Lava and Ice" (episode 2) of Wireless Nights, Jarvis Cocker's BBC Radio 4 and podcast series.

Presidential election

The campaign "Snæfellsjökul fyrir forseta" () proposed Snæfellsjökull as a candidate in the 2024 Icelandic presidential election, asserting that it met the requirements of being an Icelandic citizen, aged over 35, with no criminal record, and with a supporting petition.

See also

  • Geography of Iceland
  • Glaciers of Iceland
  • Iceland plume
  • List of national parks of Iceland
  • Volcanism of Iceland
  • List of volcanic eruptions in Iceland
  • List of volcanoes in Iceland

Notes

References

Additional sources

  • The website of Snæfellsjökull National Park
  • Snæfellsjökull in the Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes
  • Snæfellsjökull The Jewel of West Iceland