Kleifarvatn
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Kleifarvatn is the largest lake on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, situated in the southern part of the peninsula on the fissure zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
The lake can be reached via a track, and there are two areas with high temperature can be found not far from it: Seltún/Krýsuvík and another to the east.
The lake's greatest depth is 97 m. After the big earthquake in 2000, the lake began to diminish, and 20% of its surface has since disappeared
Google panorama: goo.gl/maps/siAFqsmm7wg2nffE8
The lake can be reached via a track, and there are two areas with high temperature can be found not far from it: Seltún/Krýsuvík and another to the east.
The lake's greatest depth is 97 m. After the big earthquake in 2000, the lake began to diminish, and 20% of its surface has since disappeared
Google panorama: goo.gl/maps/siAFqsmm7wg2nffE8
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleifarvatn
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Coordinates: 63°55'31"N 21°58'53"W
- Hlíðarvatn 13 km
- Hestvatn Lake 61 km
- Eystra-Gíslholtsvatn 72 km
- Bjarnalón 108 km
- Holtsós lagoon 113 km
- Eskihlíðarvatn 139 km
- Frostastaðavatn 142 km
- Lake Sigöldulón 143 km
- Grænavatn 160 km
- Grænalón 224 km
- Seltún Geothermal Area 4.8 km
- Quarry 5.7 km
- Krýsuvík 5.7 km
- Brennisteinsfjöll 7.7 km
- Snókafell 8.1 km
- Lava Tube Cave 9 km
- Litluborgir Nature Reserve 12 km
- Reykjanes 12 km
- Herdísarvík 13 km
- Vatnsleysuvík 15 km