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Gullfoss is a waterfall located on the Hvítá in south central Iceland. Its name means the "Golden Falls." The flow of the river from the regular rains and the glacial runoff, particularly in summer, makes Gullfoss the largest volume falls in Europe.
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Mývatn is a shallow eutrophic lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, not far from Krafla volcano. The lake and its surrounding wetlands have an exceptionally rich fauna of waterbirds, especially ducks. The lake was created by a large basaltic lava eruption 2300 years ago, and the surrounding landscape is dominated by volcanic landforms (pictured), including lava pillars and pseudocraters. The effluent river Laxá is known for its rich fishing for Brown Trout and Atlantic Salmon.
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Jökulsárlón is a glacial lake in Iceland. To the right is the mouth of the Vatnajökull, the largest glacier in Iceland.
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The Hallgrímskirkja (literally, the church of Hallgrímur) is a church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74.5 metres (244 ft), it is one of the tallest buildings in Iceland. A statue of Leifr Eiríksson is shown in the picture.
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The image shows the only part of the crater of the volcano Grimsvötn in Iceland not covered by the ice of Vatnajökull glacier in 1972.
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The Dettifoss is a waterfall located in northeastern Iceland, not far from Mývatn. It is reputed to be the most powerful waterfall in Europe, having a flow variously estimated at between 200 and 500 cubic metres of water per second, depending on the season and the summer ice melt.
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The Icelandic horse is a breed of horse that has lived in Iceland since the mid-800s, brought to the island by Viking settlers. It originated from pony breeds taken from Scandinavian and European countries to Iceland during the original and subsequent settlements but has now been bred for centuries without the addition of outside bloodstock.
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Strokkur (meaning churn) is a geyser in the geothermic region beside the Hvítá River. The geyser is only a few meters away from Geysir.
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Eyjafjallajökull is one of the smaller Icelandic glaciers, located north of Skógar and west of the larger glacier Mýrdalsjökull. The icecap of the glacier covers a volcano, which has erupted relatively frequently since the Ice Age. The last eruption was from 1821 to 1823, causing a fatal glacier run. The crater of the volcano has a diameter of 3-4 km and the glacier covers an area of about 100 km².
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Jökulsárlón is the best known and the largest of Icelandic glacial lakes, located at the south end of the glacier Vatnajökull between Skaftafell National Park and Höfn. Appearing only in 1934 or 1935, the lake grew from 7.9 km² in 1975 to at least 18 km² today because of heavy melting of the Icelandic glaciers. Approaching a depth of 200 m, Jökulsárlón is now probably the second deepest lake in Iceland.
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The Goðafoss (meaning waterfall of the gods), situated in north-central Iceland, is one of the country's most spectacular waterfalls. The water of the river Skjálfandafljót falls from a height of 12 meters over a width of 30 meters.
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Öxarárfoss is a small waterfall in and one of the main attractions of Þingvellir National Park, Iceland. It flows from the river Öxará. The base of the waterfall is filled with rocks and is often very icy in winter.
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Around the volcano Leirhnjúkur in Iceland, there are several hot springs. These springs are produced by the emergence of geothermally-heated groundwater from the earth's crust. Iceland is particularly renowned for its hot springs.
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