Kröflustöð
Kröflustöð is a museum in Þingeyjarsveit, Northeast. Kröflustöð is situated nearby to the electrical generator Krafla Power Station, as well as near Viti crater lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Krafla Power Station and Krafla.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Námaskarð and Reykjahlíð.
Námaskarð
Locality
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Námaskarð is a locality, which is situated 7 km south of Kröflustöð.
Reykjahlíð
Village
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Mývatn is a lake near Akureyri in North Iceland. The lake was formed during a massive eruption 2300 years ago. Today the area is best known for the huge numbers of birds that visit in the summer, and for the weird and inspiring volcanic features that surround the lake. Reykjahlíð is situated 9 km southwest of Kröflustöð.
Kröflustöð
- Opening hours: June—August 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Þingeyjarsveit, Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.7027° or 65° 42′ 10″ northLongitude
-16.77494° or 16° 46′ 30″ westOpen location code
9CQ5P63G+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 893398623OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
“Kröflustöð” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克拉夫拉地熱發電廠”
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