Askja represents a volcanic system with nested calderas north of Vatnajökull. The eruption of 1875 resulted in the formation a huge caldera which was later filled by lake Öskjuvatn, 11 square kilometres large and more than 200 m deep. On 21 July 2014, a landslide with a volume of 20 million cubic metres (centre of the image) caused a tsunami with 60-80 m runup - fortunately at a time when no people were around.
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- Created
- on Tuesday 3 September 2019 by Martin Mergili
- Keywords
- crater|caldera, landslide, mountainscape, snowscape, volcanism
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