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Askja is the caldera of sorrow which caused a lot of hardship in the 19th century. This image shows Víti and Lake Askja.
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Askja is the caldera of sorrow

The Askja caldera is enormous. It is located 1.500 meters above sea level, some 30 kilometres north of the Dyngjujökull glacier, part of the Vatnajökull glacier. The caldera is some 50 square kilometres wide (31 square miles and is surrounded by the Dyngjufjöll mountains. In...