Askja

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Askja

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1875 - 1961

History

Askja er megineldstöð norðan Vatnajökuls, í Ódáðahrauni á hálendi Íslands. Umhverfis Öskju eru Dyngjufjöll, en skarð er í gegnum fjöllin til austurs, sem kallast Öskjuop.
Gífurlegt eldgos hófst þar 29. mars 1875. Gos þetta nefnist Öskjugosið 1875, eða Dyngjufjallagos. Öskufall frá gosinu hafði mikil áhrif á Austurlandi og átti sinn þátt í því að stór hópur fólks flutti þaðan til Vesturheims.

Eftir að gosinu lauk varð mikið landsig í Öskju, og myndaðist þá Öskjuvatn. Á austurbakka Öskjuvatns er gígurinn Víti, og er talið að askan í gosinu 1875 hafi komið þar upp.
Í tengslum við Öskjugosið 1875 varð einnig hraungos í Sveinagjá á Mývatnsöræfum, og rann þá Nýjahraun. Askja gaus síðast árið 1961.

Places

Ódáðahraun

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

Dyngjufjöll; Víti; Austurland; Hálendi Íslands.

General context

Relationships area

Related entity

Dyngjufjöll ((1950))

Identifier of related entity

HAH00235

Category of relationship

hierarchical

Dates of relationship

Description of relationship

Related entity

Herðubreið ((1950))

Identifier of related entity

HAH00239

Category of relationship

hierarchical

Dates of relationship

Description of relationship

Related entity

Drekagil í Ódáðahrauni ((1900))

Identifier of related entity

HAH00193

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

Description of relationship

Related entity

Möðrudalsöræfi ((1950))

Identifier of related entity

HAH00382

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

Description of relationship

Related entity

Öskjuvatn (1875 -)

Identifier of related entity

HAH00251

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

Description of relationship

Related entity

Víkursandur í Ódáðahrauni frá gosinu 1875 (29.3.1875 -)

Identifier of related entity

HAH00629

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

29.3.1875

Description of relationship

Access points area

Subject access points

Place access points

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

HAH00386

Institution identifier

IS HAH-Fjall

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Final

Level of detail

Full

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

GPJ 11.2.2019

Language(s)

  • Icelandic

Script(s)

Maintenance notes

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