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Strokkur

10/04/2010 22:12
Strokkur (icelandic means the Dairy) is a geyser in the geothermal area of the river Hvítá Iceland. Strokkur lies just a few meters from the famous Geysir, but unlike Geysir, who is irregular and can be dormant for several years, Strokkur churns out regularly every 5-10 minutes in boiling water up...

Grímsvötn

10/04/2010 22:10
Grímsvötn the water flooded volcano, located in Iceland, northwest side below Vatanjökull iceberg.  Grímsvötn eruptions are interesting in that way under the ice. Heat eruptions melted enough ice, which causes pressure and the subsequent outpouring of the enormous quantity of water from the...

Askja

10/04/2010 22:08
Vulcan Askja is a large basaltic complex building solid Dyngjufjöll. It consists of several eruption centers and three caldera,the largest one has a maximum diameter of 8 km.  Volcanic activity began about 10,000 years before. The eruption in 1875 (one of the largest in Iceland - erupted...

Krafla

10/04/2010 21:59
Krafla volcano with a caldera 10 km wide located in the north of Iceland. Caldera was formed about 100,000 years before, as evidenced by the rhyolitic tuff formations of this period. In the recent past erupted from 1724 to 1729 and most recently in 1975-84. Caldera system crosses the watershed in...

Hekla

10/04/2010 21:59
Hekla volcano are one of the most active volcanoes in Iceland. In the Middle Ages, Icelanders called it the gateway to hell.  Hekla is located on the southern edge of East African Rift zone. Unlike most of Iceland's volcanoes, which produce tholeitic basalt, the main product Hekla eruptions...

Reykjavík

10/04/2010 21:51
 It is the northernmost major city located in the world, located near the northern polar circle. It is located in the southwestern part of the island in the Gulf Faxaflói. Reykjavík City had 117,721 inhabitants in the census in 2007. Is it fishing, wool, leather and shipbuilding industries....

Akureyri

10/04/2010 21:46
Akureyri is a town in northern Iceland. With a population of 17 097 (2008) is the fourth largest city on the island. It lies off the coast of the fjord Eyjafjörður.

Keflavík

10/04/2010 21:43
Keflavík is a city in the southwest in Iceland, the Reykjanes region. Keflavík be now merged with Njarðvík Hafnir and to create a city called Reykjanesbær which will have 14,000 people (June 2008). (° source Wikipedia)

Borgarnes

10/04/2010 21:35
Borgarnes is a city located in Fjord Borgarfjörður that takes Faxaflói located in the Gulf, west of Iceland. It is located in the village Borgarbyggð. 2,000 people live here. The coordinates are 64 ° 32 'north latitude and 21 ° 55' west longitude. (° source Wikipedia)

colors on the flag of Iceland

09/04/2010 20:54
red symbolizes the volcanic activity is hemmed with white, which symbolizes the ice and snow and dark blue symbolizes the ocean around which the country is surrounded by
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