Öskjuvatn
Öskjuvatn is a lake in the Highlands of Iceland. Its surface area is about 11 km2. With a depth of 217 m, it is the second-deepest lake in Iceland after Jökulsárlón.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Askja and Víti Askja.
Askja
Volcano
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Askja is an active volcano situated in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland. The name Askja refers to a complex of nested calderas within the surrounding Dyngjufjöll mountains, which rise to 1,514 m, askja meaning box or caldera in Icelandic.
Öskjuvatn
- Type: Lake
- Description: crater lake in Iceland
- Categories: volcanic crater lake and body of water
- Location: Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Öskjuvatn” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Ескюватън”
- Catalan: “Öskjuvatn”
- Cebuano: “Öskjuvatn (lanaw sa Islandya, Norðurland Eystra)”
- Cebuano: “Öskjuvatn”
- Chuvash: “Эскьюван”
- Danish: “Öskjuvatn”
- Dutch: “Öskjuvatn”
- Esperanto: “Öskjuvatn”
- French: “Oskjuvatn”
- French: “Öskjuvatn”
- Georgian: “იესკიუვატნი”
- Georgian: “იოსკიუვათნი”
- German: “Öskjuvatn”
- Icelandic: “Öskjuvatn”
- Italian: “Öskjuvatn”
- Japanese: “ヴィティ”
- Japanese: “エスキュヴァトン”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Öskjuvatn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Öskjuvatn”
- Norwegian: “Öskjuvatn”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Öskjuvatn”
- Polish: “Öskjuvatn”
- Russian: “Ёскьюватн”
- Russian: “Эскьюван”
- Russian: “Эскьюватн”
- Spanish: “Öskjuvatn”
- Swedish: “Öskjuvatn”
- Turkish: “Öskjuvatn”
- Ukrainian: “Еск’юватн”
- Ukrainian: “Ескьюватн”
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Highlights include Þoroddsenstindur and Víti in Askja.
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