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    Eldey (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈɛltˌeiː] ) is a small, uninhabited island about 13 kilometres (7 nautical miles) off the coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula...
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    the bird. On 3 June 1844, the last two confirmed specimens were killed on Eldey, off the coast of Iceland, ending the last known breeding attempt. Later...
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    rock submerged. The surviving great auks moved to a nearby island called Eldey and were wiped out by humans in 1840. Later a new Geirfuglasker appeared...
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    produces 100 MW. From the cliffs and beach at Reykjanestá, the island of Eldey can be seen. The distance to Reykjanestá is 14 km, the height of the rocky...
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  • Henný Eldey Vilhjálmsdóttir (28 December 1935 – 16 November 1995), known professionally as Elly Vilhjálms, was an Icelandic singer, regarded as one of...
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  • peninsula - See 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions Askja Bárðarbunga Dyngjufjöll Eldey Eldfell Eldgjá Esjan Esjufjöll Eyjafjallajökull Eyjafjallajök glacier Fagradalsfjall...
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  • 22°06′00″W / 63.93000°N 22.10000°W / 63.93000; -22.10000 (Krýsuvík) 1188 Eldey Iceland 393 m (1,289 ft) 63°55′48″N 22°06′00″W / 63.93000°N 22.10000°W...
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  • of Iceland". Iceland Government. 17 May 2017. "Tentative List". UNESCO. "Eldey". "Landshagir 2015 by Hagstofa Íslands - Issuu". December 2015. "Hver er...
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    stratovolcano Bardarbunga, a stratovolcano Brennisteinsfjoll, crater rows Eldey, fissure vent Esjufjoll, stratovolcano Eyjafjallajokull, stratovolcano Fagradalsfjall...
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  • 2024. "Eldey". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2024-01-28. Larsen, G. (2019). "Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes:Eldey". Icelandic...
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    v t e Islands of Iceland Akurey Borgarey Brimilsnes Brokey Drangey Eldey Eldeyjarboði Engey Flatey in Breiðafjörður Flatey in Skjálfandi Geirfuglasker...
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    Mid-Atlantic Ridge and its submarine Reykjanes Ridge with the transitional Eldey volcanic system, rise above sea level. The Reykjanes volcanic belt has between...
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    Sulidae. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sulidae. Live camera from Eldey Iceland Sulidae videos on the Internet Bird Collection FAMILY SULIDAE...
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    pairs in 2000, although that had risen to 2,500 pairs by 2014. Iceland. Eldey, a small island located about 16 kilometres (8+1⁄2 nautical miles) off the...
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    the complexity of its rift propagation formation.: 1128  The island of Eldey off the south-west of the RVB has similar geological formations to the RVB...
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  • definitely recorded pair of great auks are killed on the Icelandic island of Eldey. June 6 – George Williams sets up (in London) what is often cited as the...
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  • of great auks (Pinguinus impennis) are killed on the Icelandic island of Eldey. August 1 – Opening of Berlin Zoological Garden. Gabriel Gustav Valentin...
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    fat, and oil; as it grew rare, also to supply collectionists. The last pair on the eastern Atlantic was killed on Eldey Island, off Iceland in 1844....
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    v t e Islands of Iceland Akurey Borgarey Brimilsnes Brokey Drangey Eldey Eldeyjarboði Engey Flatey in Breiðafjörður Flatey in Skjálfandi Geirfuglasker...
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  • are held. 3 July: The last great auk is reported to have been killed on Eldey. Bricka, Carl Frederik. "76 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / VIII. Bind. Holst...
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    and the MiddleAge - Ferlir.is MBL.is, A 50 km long fissure line stretches from Krýsuvík - Eldey.is, Reykjanes Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes v t e...
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    v t e Islands of Iceland Akurey Borgarey Brimilsnes Brokey Drangey Eldey Eldeyjarboði Engey Flatey in Breiðafjörður Flatey in Skjálfandi Geirfuglasker...
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    v t e Islands of Iceland Akurey Borgarey Brimilsnes Brokey Drangey Eldey Eldeyjarboði Engey Flatey in Breiðafjörður Flatey in Skjálfandi Geirfuglasker...
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    Power Station) with cooling ponds View from Reykjanestá to south-west with Eldey in the far background Map of volcanic systems on the Reykjanes Peninsula...
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  • singer. Vilhjálmur was the brother of the popular Icelandic singer Henný Eldey Vilhjálmsdóttir, better known by her stage name Elly Vilhjálms. Vilhjálmur...
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    is expected to be around 300 million USD. Eldey incubation center was opened during the fall of 2008. Eldey is a joint venture between Kadeco, Keilir...
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    registered on Reykjanes since 2019. This involves four volcanic systems: Eldey (a small island on Reykjanes Ridge, most of the system is submarine), Reykjanes...
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    peninsula. Its source is unknown but may have been the volcanic islet of Eldey, which is believed to have erupted during the Reykjanes Fires. 1227, probably...
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    last known specimens in the world were killed a few years later either in Eldey, Iceland, or off Newfoundland. Native St Kildans have climbed Stac an Armin...
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    definitely recorded pair of great auks are killed on the Icelandic island of Eldey. 1844 – The anonymously written Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation...
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