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.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Krafla Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Námaskarð.
Krafla
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 650 metres
- Description: mountain and volcano in Iceland
- Categories: mountain, volcano, caldera, and landform
- Location: Þingeyjarsveit, Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
65.71423° or 65° 42′ 51″ north
Longitude
-16.73032° or 16° 43′ 49″ west
Elevation
650 metres (2,133 feet)
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.
- Arabic: “كرافلا”
- Asturian: “Krafla”
- Basque: “Krafla”
- Bulgarian: “Крафла”
- Cebuano: “Krafla”
- Chinese: “克拉夫拉火山”
- Chinese: “克拉布拉火山”
- Czech: “Krafla”
- Danish: “Krafla”
- Dutch: “Krafla”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كرافلا”
- Finnish: “Krafla”
- French: “Krafla”
- German: “Krafla”
- Hebrew: “קראפלה”
- Icelandic: “Krafla”
- Italian: “Krafla”
- Japanese: “クラプラ”
- Korean: “크라플라 산”
- Korean: “크라플라산”
- Ladin: “Krafla”
- Lithuanian: “Krafla”
- Lithuanian: “Krapla”
- Macedonian: “Крапла”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Krafla”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krafla”
- Norwegian: “Krafla”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Krafla”
- Persian: “آتشفشان کرافلا”
- Polish: “Krafla”
- Portuguese: “Krafla”
- Russian: “Крабла”
- Russian: “Крапла”
- Slovak: “Krafla”
- Spanish: “Krafla”
- Swedish: “Krafla”
- Ukrainian: “Крапла”
- Venetian: “Krafla”
- Western Panjabi: “کرافلا”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Hverir - Boiling Mud and Reykjahlíð.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Víti and Viti crater lake.
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