Skjaldbreiður
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Skjaldbreiður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈscaltˌpreiːðʏr̥] ⓘ, "broad shield") is an Icelandic lava shield formed in one huge and protracted eruption roughly 9,500 years ago.[1] The extensive lava fields which were produced by this eruption, flowed southwards, and formed the basin of Þingvallavatn, Iceland's largest lake, and Þingvellir, the "Parliament Plains" where the Icelandic national assembly, the Alþing was founded in 930.
The volcano summit is at 1,060 m (3,480 ft), and its crater measures roughly 300 m (980 ft) in diameter.
Straddling the Mid-Atlantic ridge, the lava fields from Skjaldbreiður have been torn and twisted over the millennia, forming a multitude of fissures and rifts inside the Þingvellir National Park, the best known of which are Silfra, Almannagjá [ˈalˌmanːaˌcauː], Hrafnagjá [ˈr̥apnaˌcauː] and Flosagjá [ˈflɔːsaˌcauː].
Gallery
- Skjaldbreiður crater in snow.
References
- ^ "Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-05768". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- Scarth, Alwyn; Tanguy, Jean-Claude (2001). Volcanoes of Europe. Oxford University Press. pp. 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-521754-3.
- Thordarson, Thor; Hoskuldsson, Armann (2002). Iceland (Classic Geology in Europe 3). Terra Publishing. pp. 208 pp. ISBN 1-903544-06-8.
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