Víti
Víti is a volcano in Þingeyjarsveit, Northeast.Places of Interest
Highlights include Krafla and Krafla Power Station.
Krafla
Peak
Photo: Tillea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Krafla Power Station
Electrical generator
Photo: Desiderata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Krafla geothermal power plant is a geothermal power generating facility located in Iceland, close to the Krafla Volcano and the lake Mývatn. With 33 boreholes, it is able to produce 500 GWh of electricity annually, with an installed capacity of 60 megawatts.
Víti
- Type: Volcano
- Category: landform
- Location: Þingeyjarsveit, Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
65.7171° or 65° 43′ 2″ northLongitude
-16.7531° or 16° 45′ 11″ westOpen location code
9CQ5P68W+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 270951619OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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