page_title: Krýsuvík (volcanic system)
hierarchical_section_title: Krýsuvík (volcanic system)
caption_attribution_description: English: Galgahraun, near Reykjavík, Iceland
context_page_description: The volcanic system of Krýsuvík, also Krýsuvík-Trölladyngja volcanic system, is situated in the southwest of Iceland on the Reykjanes peninsula. It is in the middle of Reykjanes and on the divergent plate boundary of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which traverses Iceland. It is named after the Krýsuvík area which is part of it and consists of a fissure system without a central volcano.
  The volcanic system has a length of 55 km, a width of around 13 km, covers an area of 350 km2 and its highest elevation is 393 m.
context_section_description: The volcanic system of Krýsuvík (or Krísuvík), also Krýsuvík-Trölladyngja volcanic system, is situated in the southwest of Iceland on the Reykjanes peninsula. It is in the middle of Reykjanes and on the divergent plate boundary of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which traverses Iceland. It is named after the Krýsuvík area which is part of it and consists of a fissure system without a central volcano.
  The volcanic system has a length of 55 km, a width of around 13 km, covers an area of 350 km2 and its highest elevation is 393 m.
caption: Gálgahraun (Búrfellshraun) Aa lava, Álftanes
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