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media type="custom" key="5653265"media type="custom" key="5653413" Icelands and its Volcanoes

Volcanoes Place: Iceland

Iceland is the land of fire and ice, it is a great place for volcanologists. Only a few places on the earth geology and human history are closely connected to the volcanism that happens on Iceland. Iceland existence because of a large volcanic hot spot that is sitting on a mid-oceanic ridge, witch is a very unique setting. The plate boundary line between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates crosses Iceland from South to North and the spreading process can be directly observed and measured on land.

Iceland is noticed for regional fissure and sub glacial eruptions related to a rifting process between separating plates. Iceland has the land area size of about Virginia and has the population % of Virginia Beach, about Two hundred sixty thousand people. Iceland has a literacy rate of (100%) with is the highest of any place in the world. Iceland's history has been closely related to volcanoes and knowledge of many and different volcanic eruptions since the middle ages have been preserved in accounts.

Iceland is a magnificent place for a honeymoon. Its also great for site seeing and tours. Iceland is a beautiful place and you will leave with a smile on your face and a great time. The memory of Iceland will always be with you.



Picture of Region
 * 1104 || First Eurption ||
 * March 1947 || Smoke and ash arose to 100,000 feet. The eurption lasted for 13 months. ||
 * May 1970 || A number of small craters in Hekla erupted, the lava flow lasting for a couple of months. ||
 * 1980 || Again, here were series of eruptions. ||

Citations "Volcanoes of Iceland." //Volcanoes of Iceland//. 11 Feb. 2009. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. [].

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