Krafla Power Station
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Electrical generator
- Description: Geothermal power plant in Iceland
- Address: Kröfluvirkjun, 660
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Krafla.
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 Krafla Power Station.
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 Krafla Power Station.
Krafla Power Station
- Categories: geothermal power station, building, and industry
- Location: Þingeyjarsveit, Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.703° or 65° 42′ 11″ northLongitude
-16.77467° or 16° 46′ 29″ westOperator
LandsvirkjunOpen location code
9CQ5P63G+64OpenStreetMap ID
way 177576000OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q1494458
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Krafla Power Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡拉夫拉地熱能發電站”
- Croatian: “Geotermalna elektrana Krafla”
- Danish: “Kröflustöð”
- French: “centrale géothermique de Krafla”
- French: “Centrale géothermique de Krafla”
- German: “Krafla-Kraftwerk”
- Icelandic: “Kröflustöð”
- Japanese: “クラプラ地熱発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Krafla kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Krafla kraftverk”
- Persian: “نیروگاه کرافلا”
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Highlights include Kröflustöð and Hot Pot.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Krafla Power Station”. Photo: Desiderata, CC BY-SA 3.0.