trip report by site editor Rick McCharles
The best of my hikes near Lake Mývatn was up to the Krafla Power Station. Especially since I had no idea what was going on here, at the time …
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Krafla is a caldera of about 10 km in diameter with a 90 km long fissure zone… Its highest peak reaches up to 818 m and it is 2 km in depth. There have been 29 reported eruptions in recorded history. …
You can hike close.
End of day, I headed for the new Mývatn Nature Baths, promoted as the Blue Lagoon North.





