Askja
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Víti geothermal lake at Askja thumb|right|300px|Askja and Víti (in the foreground)
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Askja
- Mountain.photo
- Askja.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Askja caldera in 1984
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1516
- Mountain.range
- Dyngjufjöll
- Mountain.listing
- Volcanoes of Iceland
- Mountain.location
- Iceland
- Mountain.map
- Iceland
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.type
- caldera
- Mountain.last_eruption
- October to December 1961
- Mountain.fetchwikidata
- ALL
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
17 sectionsContents
- Geography
- NASA
- Eruptions
- 1961
- 1875
- Early Holocene
- Summary
- Activity
- Öskjuvatn lake
- Missing scientists
- Social context of 1875 Askja eruption
- Sights and tourism in the area
- See also
- References
- External links
- Photos and videos
- Scientific papers
thumb|right|300px|Víti geothermal lake at Askja thumb|right|300px|Askja and Víti (in the foreground)
Askja () is an active volcano situated in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland. The name Askja refers to a complex of nested calderas within the surrounding Dyngjufjöll mountains, which rise to , askja meaning box or caldera in Icelandic.