2020-11-20

Veiðivötn Crater Lakes – Highlands │ Iceland Landscape

Documenting Iceland

by: Rafn Sig,-

 

English below.

Veiðivötn eru vatnaklasi á Landmannaafrétti milli Þórisvatns og Tungnaár, sem samanstendur af allt að fimmtíu vötnum, bæði smáum og stórum. Veiðivatnasvæðið er u.þ.b. 20 km langt og 5 km breitt frá suðvestri til norðausturs.

Mörg vötnin eru sprengigígar sem mynduðust í Veiðivatnagosinu 1477, t.d. Hnausapollur og Ljótipollur. Vatnaklasinn verð til í núverandi mynd í þessu eldgosi. Fjölmörg eldgos hafa orðið á Veiðivatnasvæðinu frá því ísöld lauk, t.d. gosið í Vatnaöldum í upphafi landnámstíðar (um 870) en þá myndaðist landnámsgjóskulagið. Tungnárhraunin, þar á meðal Þjórsárhraunið mikla, eru upprunnin frá Veiðivatnasvæðinu.

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The beautiful area of Veiðivötn, just northeast of Landmannalaugar, is an entanglement of small desert lakes in a volcanic basin, a continuation of the same fissure that produced Laugahraun in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve.

The crater formations here are of a true extraterrestrial character and environment something truly unique. The contrast between black sand and gin clear waters is very unique.

This part of the country is among the youngest (1477) and wildest pearls of the central highlands. It comprises about 50 lakes of different sizes, most of which are so-called crater lakes. The area is about 20 km long and 5 km wide and has a southwest – northeast direction. The craters and the lakes lie in two rows. You have to . . . all info at: https://www.patreon.com/RafnSig

 

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