New hydrothermal area has been found somewhere off the coast of West-Iceland. In a fjord named Steingrímsfjörður. The exact location of this hydrothermal area is not known at current time. But it’s existence was confirmed by a rock that was found by a fisherman in the area. But it was captured by his fishnet.
The hydrothermal area is somewhere in this area out in the ocean. Exact location is unknown at present time. Image is from Wikipedia. Original copy can be found here.
Little is known of this area for now. But it is there based on the evidence of the rock formation. The water in this hydrothermal area is around 60 to 80C warm. That is a guess based on other well known hydrothermal areas close to this area.
Icelandic news about this. With limited details on this.
Hverastrýtur í Steingrímsfirði (strandir.is)
How very interesting, I never thought that there was any geothermal heat over there.
This is the “oldest” part of the island, isn’t it ?
This part of Iceland was volcano active about 5 million years ago. So it is not one of the oldest part of Iceland. But you can find the oldest part of Iceland more west on the Westfjords area (Isafjordur is close to the oldest part of Iceland).