Kerio Crater

Kerið is a volcanic crater lake located in the area in south , along the Golden Circle. It is one of several crater lakes in the area, known as Iceland's Western Volcanic Zone, which includes the and the , created as the land moved over a localized hotspot, but it is the one that has the most visually recognizable caldera still intact.
Wikipedia
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Crater
  • …lies at an elevation of 69 metres (226 feet)
  • …is also known as “Kerið”
  • Description: volcanic crater lake in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grímsnes.

Volcano
Photo: Progresschrome, CC BY 3.0.
is a relatively small fissure or crater row…

Kerio Crater

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Latitude
64.04128° or 64° 2′ 29″ north
Longitude
-20.88514° or 20° 53′ 7″ west
Open location code
99PX24R7+GW
Geo­Names ID
10400309
Wiki­data ID
Q1435393

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kerio Crater” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيريد”
  • Basque: “Kerið”
  • Belarusian: “Керыз”
  • Catalan: “Kerið”
  • Cebuano: “Kerið”
  • Chuvash: “Кериз”
  • Dutch: “Kerid”
  • Dutch: “Kerið”
  • Estonian: “Kerið”
  • French: “Kerid”
  • French: “Kerið”
  • French: “Volcan Kerio”
  • German: “Kerid”
  • German: “Kerið”
  • Hebrew: “קייריד‘”
  • Hebrew: “קייריד’”
  • Icelandic: “Kerið”
  • Icelandic: “Tjarnarhóll”
  • Italian: “Kerið”
  • Japanese: “ケリズ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kerið”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kerid”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kerið”
  • Norwegian: “Kerið”
  • Polish: “Kerid”
  • Polish: “Kerið”
  • Polish: “Kerith”
  • Russian: “Керид”
  • Russian: “Кериз”
  • Spanish: “Kerið”
  • Swedish: “Kerið”
  • Swedish: “Kerio”
  • Ukrainian: “Керід”
  • Ukrainian: “Керіз”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Borg in Grimsnes and Sólheimar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Seyðishólar and Álftavatn.

South Iceland: Highlights

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