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Blue Lagoon to review latest volcano closure later this week

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Harry Kemble
25 November 2024

Iceland’s famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa has extended its ongoing closure into this week following another volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula.

It is the 10th eruption in the past three years (Image courtesy of Bokun – bokun.io)

A volcanic eruption on 20 November prompted Blue Lagoon to temporarily shut before a review of the situation on Sunday (24 November). 

Blue Lagoon won’t now reopen until Friday (29 November) at the earliest pending another review on Thursday (28 November).

“Due to a volcanic eruption that commenced in Sundhnuksgigar on 20 November, we took the precautionary measure of evacuating and temporarily closing all our operational units," it said in a statement.

“Blue Lagoon will be closed through Thursday 28 November, at which time the situation will be reassessed. This precautionary measure is based on expert analysis of various volcanic eruption scenarios.”