Keriđ - Volcano Crater with a lake
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 0.67 mi
- Elevation gain
- 108 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 108 ft
- Max elevation
- 317 ft
- TrailRank
- 25
- Min elevation
- 207 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 13 minutes
- Time
- 17 minutes
- Coordinates
- 184
- Uploaded
- August 27, 2021
- Recorded
- August 2021
near Borg, Suðurland (Ísland)
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Itinerary description
Walk on the crater’s rim with nice views to the lake within. Payment required (800 isk)
Facts:
The crater Keriđ was formed about 6,500 years ago and lies at the northern end of a row of craters known as Tjarnarhólar. It is oval, about 270m long, 170m wide and 55m deep. The depth of the water at the bottom varies between 7 and 14 meters.
A bit oh history:
Vulcanologists used to class Keriđ as an explosion crater which sometimes leave deep craters. However, deeper studies of the Grímsnes area have not revealed the existence of any ash deposits that could be traced back to an explosive eruption in Keriđ and it is now believed that it was originally a large scoria crater.
It is clear that as much as half of the Tjarnarhólahraun lava flowed from Keriđ.
In its present form, the crater was probably formed by a small magma chamber beneath the crater being emptied towards the end of the eruption, resulting in a collapse.
Beneath a certain level, cavities and fissures in the rock are filled with ground water, the surface of which is called the water table. The water in Keriđ does not drain out, but rises and falls according to changes in the water table. Thus, the crater is like a window on the groundwater.
Facts:
The crater Keriđ was formed about 6,500 years ago and lies at the northern end of a row of craters known as Tjarnarhólar. It is oval, about 270m long, 170m wide and 55m deep. The depth of the water at the bottom varies between 7 and 14 meters.
A bit oh history:
Vulcanologists used to class Keriđ as an explosion crater which sometimes leave deep craters. However, deeper studies of the Grímsnes area have not revealed the existence of any ash deposits that could be traced back to an explosive eruption in Keriđ and it is now believed that it was originally a large scoria crater.
It is clear that as much as half of the Tjarnarhólahraun lava flowed from Keriđ.
In its present form, the crater was probably formed by a small magma chamber beneath the crater being emptied towards the end of the eruption, resulting in a collapse.
Beneath a certain level, cavities and fissures in the rock are filled with ground water, the surface of which is called the water table. The water in Keriđ does not drain out, but rises and falls according to changes in the water table. Thus, the crater is like a window on the groundwater.
Waypoints
Summit
367 ft
Panorama
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