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Elevation=1,516 metres (4,974 feet)|Location=[[Iceland]]|Range=[[Dingjufjöll]]}}

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!bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2|Askja

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|align=center colspan=2|[[Image:Viti_crater%2C_Askja%2C_Iceland.jpg|thumb|250px|]]<br>''Víti Crater''

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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|[[Topographical summit|Elevation]]:||4,974 ft (1,516 m)

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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Location:||[[Iceland]]

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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|[[List of mountain types|Type]]:||[[Stratovolcano]]

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The '''Askja''' [[volcano]] is situated in a remote part of the [[Highlands of Iceland|central highlands]] of [[Iceland]] (___location: 65.03° N, 16.75° W). The region is only accessible for a few months of the year, but surprisingly receives very little rainfall, only about 450 mm annually. The area was used during training for the [[Apollo program]] to prepare astronauts for potential lunar conditions.

The 1,510 m high Askja was virtually unknown until the tremendous eruption which started on [[March 29]], [[1875]]. Especially in the eastern fjords of Iceland, the ashfall was heavy enough to poison the land and kill cattle. The eruption triggered a substantial wave of [[emigration]] from Iceland. The last eruption of the Askja was in [[1961]].