Krafla
Krafla rises to 818 m. Ketilhyrnur stands 970 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hrafntinnuhryggur, a peak 0.9 miles away. Ring Road passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
Krafla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰrapla] ) 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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Wikidata Q752994, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 818 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Ring Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Hrafntinnuhryggur: 0.9 mi
- Graddabunga: 1.4 mi
- Sandbotnafjall: 1.6 mi
- Jörundur: 2.9 mi
- Hlíðarfjall: 4.4 mi
- Hverir: 5.5 mi
- Hverbraud: 6.2 mi
- Grjótagjá: 7.5 mi
- Gatklettur: 9.9 mi
- Hallarflöt: 9.9 mi
- Selfoss: 11.6 mi
- Dettifoss: 12.0 mi
- Hafragilsfoss: 12.4 mi
- Réttarfoss: 14.1 mi
- Hólmárfossar: 14.4 mi
- Hverfjall: 8.5 mi
- Dimmuborgir: 10.0 mi
- Dettifoss, Selfoss og Hafragilsfoss: 12.0 mi
- Seljahjallagil: 15.2 mi
- Hellar á Þeistareykjum: 16.0 mi
- Kröflustöð: 1.5 mi
- Fuglasafn Sigurgeirs: 9.6 mi
- Grenjaðarstaður: 19.1 mi
- Ystafell Transportation Museum: 24.5 mi
- Hallgrímur og Ólafía: 8.3 mi
- Skútustaðagígar: 13.0 mi
- Fagridalur: 18.6 mi
- Minnismerki um Stofnun SÍS: 24.5 mi
- Trölliđ: 16.3 mi
- Eyjan: 21.9 mi
- Eyjan: 22.0 mi
- Eyjan: 22.5 mi
- Gróður jarðar: 8.5 mi
- Ystihver: 20.3 mi
- Lindin: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Krafla. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketilhyrnur | S 174° | 970 m | 18.4 mi |
| Búrfell | SSE 168° | 953 m | 11.5 mi |
| Jónstindur | NW 311° | 883 m | 6.1 mi |
| Skuggadyngja | S 170° | 870 m | 17.5 mi |
| Kistufjall | NW 315° | 839 m | 15.8 mi |
| Heilagsdalsfjall | S 178° | 824 m | 15.3 mi |
| Jörundur | SE 125° | 808 m | 2.9 mi |
| Graddabunga | NNE 13° | 783 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:15 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 01:17 | 22:02 | 01:01 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:05 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 11:35 | — | 14:37 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3098040531
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