The world is beautiful, we all know it. This is probably the reason why everyone wants to live here more and more. But unfortunately, the world is so big that no one can visit the whole world during their lifetime. Well no matter, at least we can know some of the best places in the world, which are really amazing. For example, if we talk about Iceland, it is full of many great and wonderful places such as Northern Lights and Surtsey Island. But today we will talk about another beautiful place in Iceland which is actually a lake. And this beautiful lake is named as Kerid Crater Lake, which was believed to be formed by a huge volcanic explosion. But due to no such evidence of such explosion in the Kerid, this assumption has gone wrong.
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Actually, it is a volcanic crater lake located in the GrÃmsnes area in southern Iceland along the so-called Golden Circle route. Kerid is one of many crater lakes in the country’s Western Volcanic Zone, which includes the Reykjanes peninsula and the Langjökull Glacier.
What makes it even more important is that it has one of the most visually recognizable calderas, which is about 55 m deep, 170 m wide, and 270 m across. The caldera is made of a red volcanic rock like the other volcanic rock in the area. Its caldera is also unique in that it is only about 3,000 years old and is only half the age of most of the surrounding volcanic features.
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Kerid is believed to be very unique among crater lakes because its caldera is not likely to form from an explosion. It is believed that the Kerid was once a cone volcano which erupted and emptied its magma reserve. Once the magma was depleted, the weight of the cone collapsed into the empty magma chamber. However, the lake is only 7 to 14 meters deep, depending on the weather in the area. The Kerid crater lake will look completely different depending on which time of the year you choose to visit there.
Image credit - Wikipedia
Actually, it is a volcanic crater lake located in the GrÃmsnes area in southern Iceland along the so-called Golden Circle route. Kerid is one of many crater lakes in the country’s Western Volcanic Zone, which includes the Reykjanes peninsula and the Langjökull Glacier.
What makes it even more important is that it has one of the most visually recognizable calderas, which is about 55 m deep, 170 m wide, and 270 m across. The caldera is made of a red volcanic rock like the other volcanic rock in the area. Its caldera is also unique in that it is only about 3,000 years old and is only half the age of most of the surrounding volcanic features.
Image by Patricia van den Berg from Pixabay
Kerid is believed to be very unique among crater lakes because its caldera is not likely to form from an explosion. It is believed that the Kerid was once a cone volcano which erupted and emptied its magma reserve. Once the magma was depleted, the weight of the cone collapsed into the empty magma chamber. However, the lake is only 7 to 14 meters deep, depending on the weather in the area. The Kerid crater lake will look completely different depending on which time of the year you choose to visit there.
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