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1. ICELAND is the name. Fireland would be no less appropriate, for volcanic fire and glacial ice have created it and moulded it into that shape which it bears today... |
2. The Great Geysir in action. |
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3. Öræfajökull, the highest mountain in Iceland is a glaciated volcano. Thus volcanoes, fire and glacial ice have created the country. |
4. Öxarárfoss, a beautiful waterfall at Þingvellir. |
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5. The lakes of Iceland are of great beauty. Some of them are the work of the glaciers of the ice-age, but others are due to volcanic activities. Here is a small crystal-clear lake in the eastern edge of Ódáðahraun, the vast lava desert on the plateau of Vatnajökull. |
6. Goðafoss (the Fall of the Gods) in the grip of winter frost. |
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7. A hydro-electric plant on the river Sog. |
8. Skógafoss (Forest Falls). One of the most beautiful waterfalls of Iceland. |
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9. Hekla - the most famous volcano in Iceland. |
10. A casualty in the struggle against the mountain storms. |
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11. Northern flowers. |
12. The Whooper Swan nests mainly on the plateau. |
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13. An Icelander. |
14. Icelandic girl in national dress. |
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15. Waiting. |
16. View across Thingvellir, where the Althing met from 930-1798. This unique lava plain, now a national park, is sacred to all Icelanders. |
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17. Gullfoss (The Golden Fall), situated near Geysir, is one of the most magnificent waterfalls in Iceland. |
18. Memorial to Ingólfur Arnarson, the first settler in Iceland. |
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