Kollóttadyngja
| Kollóttadyngja | ||
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| height | 1177 m | |
| location | Iceland | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 12 '59 " N , 16 ° 33' 0" W | |
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| Type | Shield volcano | |
Kollóttadyngja is a shield volcano 1177 m high in the northeast of Iceland .
Surname
The name means bare shield volcano in German .
location
The volcano is located in the Ódáðahraun lava field in the uninhabited highlands of Iceland north of the large glacier shield Vatnajökull and not far from Askja , to whose volcanic system it belongs, and Herðubreið .
description
The volcano has a considerable diameter of 6-7 km, which is typical of shield volcanoes. On the summit there is a small caldera with a diameter of 800 m at 20-39 m depth and a central crater 150 m in diameter at 60-70 m depth.
The shield volcano belongs to the Askja fissure system .
See also
Web links
- Kollóttadyngja in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- Vulkanolog. Inst., Univ. Iceland to the Askja volcanic system (PDF file)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kollóttadyngja in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English), accessed on August 16, 2010