• Question: where is the nearest volcano to us and what is it called?

    Asked by yousc001 to Davie, Gemma, James P, James V, Nuala on 29 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by chloeey.
    • Photo: James Pope

      James Pope answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      Hi youso001,

      I think the closest volcano to the UK would be one of the volcanoes on Iceland (such as Kraflaor, Laki or Eyjafjallajökull) I think they are closer than Versuvius which is by Naples in Italy.

    • Photo: James Verdon

      James Verdon answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      Hi yousc,

      I’m not sure which are closest, the ones in Iceland (Laki, Krafla, Eyjafjallajökull) or the ones in Italy (Vesuvius and Etna). There is a volcanic area in southern Germany, the Eifel field, but these were only small and pretty much finished erupting about 10,000 years ago.

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