Reykjanesviti lighthouse

Reykjanesviti Lighthouse

Reykjanesviti lighthouse stands near the southwestern tip of the Reykjanes Peninsula, where Iceland’s first lighthouse .....

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Valahnukur boulder ridge in Reykjanes was formed by submarine fissure in one eruption approximately 10,000 years ago when see level was standing 70m higher.

Valahnukur boulder ridge in Reykjanes

Valahnúkur is a volcanic cliff at Reykjanestá on the southwestern tip of the Reykjanes Peninsula. .....

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The geological significance of the Bridge Between Continents is its role as a manifestation of plate tectonics that explains the movement of Earth's lithosphere

The bridge between Continents

The Bridge Between Continents is a footbridge built in 2002 across a fissure at Sandvík .....

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Hvalsneskirkja, located on the Reykjanes Peninsula, is a historic and culturally significant church in Iceland. Built in 1887

Hvalsneskirkja church in Reykjanes

Hvalsneskirkja is a historic stone church on the western Reykjanes Peninsula, consecrated in 1887 on .....

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The last documented pair of great Auks was killed on Eldey Island off the coast of Iceland on June 1844.

The Great Auk memorial in Reykjanes

At Reykjanestá, a bronze sculpture by American artist Todd McGrain memorialises the great auk, or .....

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Brimketill is a natural phenomenon,a small pool, naturally carved by marine erosion in Staðarberg cliffs, on the southern side of the Reykjanes Peninsula

Brimketill or Oddnyjarlaug lava rock pool in Reykjanes peninsula

Brimketill is a natural rock pool carved by the Atlantic into the lava coast of .....

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Kleifarvatn is the largest lake on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, situated in the southern part of the peninsula in a fault-bounded basin between móberg ridge Sveifluháls and Vatnshlíð.

Kleifarvatn lake on Reykjanes peninsula

Kleifarvatn is the largest lake on the Reykjanes Peninsula, lying in a tectonic depression beside .....

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The Svartsengi Power Station  is a geothermal power plant, which is located in the Svartsengi geothermal field, about four km north of Grindavík.

Svartsengi geothermal power plant in Reykjanes

Svartsengi is a geothermal power station about four kilometres north of Grindavík, operated by HS .....

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Volcano man piano

Volcano man in Reykjanes

At Valahnúkamöl by Reykjanestá, a weather-beaten electric keyboard stands close to the location used for .....

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Gunnuhver hot spring on Reykjanes peninsula

Gunnuhver is Iceland’s largest mud pool, about 20 metres across, in the high-temperature geothermal area .....

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