⛰️ Krafla

Iceland · Europe · 818 m · 65.73°N, 16.78°W

Krafla is a volcanic caldera of about 10 km (6.2 mi) in diameter with a 90 km (56 mi) 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. Its highest peak reaches up to 818 m (2,684 ft) and it is 2 km (1.2 mi) in depth. There have been 29 reported eruptions in recorded history.

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Quick facts

Country	Iceland
Continent / region	Europe
Elevation	818 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	65.73°N, 16.78°W · view on map

Krafla rises to 818 m in Iceland, in Europe. The full story of this mountain is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Elevation from Wikidata. Coordinates approximate summit. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.