The Skútustaðagígar pseudocraters in the Mývatn area in North-Iceland.


Pseudo craters are rootless craters form when piping hot thin-flowing molten lava flows over a wetland or boggy areas. The hot lava boils the water of the wetlands and the steam pressure causes explosions, creating clusters of pseudocraters.


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Location: Skútustaðagígar, Mývatn, North-Iceland
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: craters, iceland, myvatn, north, pseudo, pseudocraters, skutustadagígar, skútustaðagígar, ývatn