Víti (Krafla)

See also: Víti (Krafla) - Views.

Deutsch: Das Maar Víti gehört zum Vulkansystem der Krafla im Norden Islands beim See Mývatn. Es liegt in der Caldera des Zentralvulkans und entstand durch phreatomagmatische Explosionen im 18. Jahrhundert.

English: Víti, a volcanic lake within Krafla caldera, is a maar having its origin in phreatomagmatic explosions.

Maps

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  Krafla
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  Krafla with the Víti crater is located

The origin of the Víti crater

When a maar like Víti is built up by phreatomagmatic explosions, afterwards the access to the groundwater table remains open to form a crater lake, whereas it will be closed in the case of tuff cones and tuff rings like the nearby Hverfjall.

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  Phreatomagmatic explosions

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  Phreatomagmatic eruptions build up tuff rings and maars.

Víti crater in the summer

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  With Leirhnjúkur in the middle ground
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  With Hlíðarfjall in the background
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  With borehole and pipeline
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  Crater rim with Krafla (mountain)
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  Hyalocalstic rocks at Víti
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Víti crater with snow and ice

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  In front of the mountain Krafla
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  In front of the steaming boreholes of Krafla power plant
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  Seen in direction of Krafla
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  Steep crater rim of Víti
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  Small hot lake with mineral deposits near Víti
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