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ON September 19–20 the Beerenberg volcano on Jan Mayen Island in the Norwegian Sea (71° N, 8°–9° W) became reactivated after being dormant for several hundred years, perhaps thousands of years. Reports by whalers at sea of activity on the southern slope of the volcano in 1732 and 1818 have been subject to doubt. But steam and carbon dioxide occur in fractures, and earthquakes are common.
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GJELSVIK, T. Volcano on Jan Mayen Alive Again. Nature 228, 352 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228352a0
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