Krafla
Krafla is a volcanic caldera of about 10 km in diameter with a 90 km long fissure zone. It is located in the north of Iceland in the Mývatn region and is situated on the Iceland hotspot atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which forms the divergent boundary between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate.
- Peak rising to 650 metres (2,133 feet)
- Description: mountain and volcano in Iceland
Places of Interest
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Krafla Power Station
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Námaskarð.
Krafla
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Latitude
65.71423° or 65° 42′ 51″ north
Longitude
-16.73032° or 16° 43′ 49″ west
Open location code
9CQ5P779+MV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Krafla” goes by many names.
كرافلاArabic
KraflaAsturian
KraflaBasque
КрафлаBulgarian
KraflaCebuano
克拉夫拉火山Chinese
克拉布拉火山Chinese
KraflaCzech
KraflaDanish
KraflaDutch
جبل كرافلاEgyptian Arabic
KraflaFinnish
קראפלהHebrew
KraflaIcelandic
KraflaItalian
クラプラJapanese
크라플라 산Korean
KraflaLadin
KraflaLithuanian
KraplaLithuanian
КраплаMacedonian
KraflaNorwegian
KraflaNorwegian Bokmål
KraflaNorwegian Nynorsk
KraflaOccitan (post 1500)
آتشفشان کرافلاPersian
KraflaPolish
КраблаRussian
КраплаRussian
KraflaSlovak
KraflaSwedish
КраплаUkrainian
KraflaVenetian
کرافلاWestern Panjabi
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