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Volcano

Krafla

A volcano in northeastern Iceland astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where rifting episodes between 1975 and 1984 opened ground cracks that could be measured directly.

Classification

edifice
fissureSystem

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EstablishedOn the Mid-Atlantic Ridge spreading centre where it crosses Iceland.

Krafla lies in northeastern Iceland, where the Mid-Atlantic Ridge spreading centre crosses land and the North American and Eurasian Plates pull apart.

Evidence support: Supported by the cited evidence one source

Evidence: Kious 1996 Primary authority

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Record last updated 2026-09-06. Corrections follow the published corrections policy; superseded claims are retained, never silently edited.