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Krafla

Krafla is an 800 m caldera in Iceland, last erupted in 1984.

Type

Caldera (cluster landform)

Summit

800 m above sea level

Rock

Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Setting

Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km

Last eruption

1984

Largest known

VEI 4, cataclysmic, 650 BCE

Eruptions

23 confirmed in the record

Where

65.72°N 16.73°W · Iceland

Region

Iceland Neovolcanic Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 373080

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