Kleifarvatn
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Location | Reykjanes |
Coordinates | 63°55′N 21°59′W / 63.917°N 21.983°W |
Basin countries | Iceland |
Max. depth | 97 m (as of 2000[update]) |
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 that 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.
The cracks that opened up in the earthquake have since then slowly filled again and by 2008 the lake had regained its previous surface level. [citation needed]
The novel Kleifarvatn by Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indriðason was named after the lake.
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