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Askja

Askja is an active volcano situated in a remote part of the of . 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Víti Askja.

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Askja

Latitude
65.0304° or 65° 1′ 50″ north
Longitude
-16.7469° or 16° 44′ 49″ west
Open location code
9CQ527J3+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 308855341
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Wiki­data ID
Q211665
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Satellite Map

Discover Askja from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Askja” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ասկիա”
  • Basque: “Askja”
  • Belarusian: “Аск’я”
  • Belarusian: “Вулкан Аск’я”
  • Catalan: “Askja”
  • Cebuano: “Askja”
  • Chinese: “阿斯恰火山”
  • Chinese: “阿斯恰火山口”
  • Czech: “Askja”
  • Danish: “Askja”
  • Dutch: “Askja”
  • Dutch: “Oskjuvatn”
  • Dutch: “Öskjuvatn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اسكچا”
  • Esperanto: “Askja”
  • Estonian: “Askja”
  • Finnish: “Askja”
  • French: “Askja”
  • Georgian: “ასკია”
  • German: “Askja”
  • Greek: “Άσκγια”
  • Hebrew: “אסקיה”
  • Hungarian: “Askja”
  • Icelandic: “Askja”
  • Indonesian: “Askja”
  • Italian: “Askja”
  • Japanese: “アスキャ”
  • Japanese: “アスキャ山”
  • Japanese: “アスキャ火山”
  • Korean: “비티 분화구”
  • Korean: “아스크야산”
  • Korean: “아스크좌 산”
  • Korean: “아스크좌 칼데라”
  • Macedonian: “Аскја”
  • Mingrelian: “ასკია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Askja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Askja”
  • Norwegian: “Askja”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Askja”
  • Persian: “آسکجا”
  • Polish: “Askja”
  • Portuguese: “Askja”
  • Russian: “Аскья”
  • Slovak: “Askja”
  • Spanish: “Askja”
  • Swedish: “Askja”
  • Ukrainian: “Аск’я”
  • Western Panjabi: “اسکجا”

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