# Askja

- **Country:** Iceland
- **Coordinates:** 65.033000, -16.783000
- **Text:** Geological features near the Dyngjufjöll (Askja) central volcano and Askja volcanic system (red outlines).
- **Type:** caldera
- **Range:** Dyngjufjöll
- **Listing:** Volcanoes of Iceland
- **Location:** Iceland
- **Image Map:** {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=500|frame-long=-16.8|frame-lat=65.0|zoom=7|raw=[,,,,,,]
- **Elevation M:** 1516
- **Fetchwikidata:** ALL
- **Last Eruption:** October to December 1961
- **Label Position:** right

Askja is an active volcano situated in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland. The name Askja refers to a complex of nested calderas within the surrounding Dyngjufjöll mountains, which rise to , askja meaning box or caldera in Icelandic.

![Photo of Askja](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Askja.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askja (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)