ICELAND / POI 53
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Krafla
Volcanic caldera
Krafla is a volcanic caldera of about 10 km in diameter with a 90 km long fissure zone, in the north of Iceland in the M00fdvatn region. Its highest peak reaches up to 818 m and it is 2 km in depth. There have been 29 reported eruptions in recorded history.
Krafla includes the crater Víti, one of two well-known craters by this name in Iceland (the other is in Askja). The Icelandic word víti' means 'hell'. In former times, people often believed hell to be under volcanoes. Víti has a green lake inside of it.'
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