Kerið

Kerið is a volcano in , . Kerið is situated nearby to the locality .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kerid and Grímsnes.

Lake
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Volcano
Photo: Progresschrome, CC BY 3.0.
is a relatively small fissure or crater row volcanic system located in South , located south–east of and east of the en echelon group of volcanic systems extending across the Reykjanes Peninsula, that erupted last in the Holocene.

Kerið

Latitude
64.0398° or 64° 2′ 23″ north
Longitude
-20.8848° or 20° 53′ 5″ west
Open location code
99PX24Q8+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4380753192
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Kerið” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “火山口湖”
  • Russian: “Кериз”

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Localities in the Area

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