• Iceland Lake is a small lake in the Municipality of Temagami in Nipissing District, Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies in the southern half of geographic...
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  • Iceland has over 20 lakes larger than 10 km2 (4 sq mi), and at least 40 others varying between 2.5 and 10 km2 (1 to 4 sq mi) in size. This list also includes...
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  • settlement Iceland Lake, a lake in Ontario, Canada Iceland, Yunnan, a village in Yunnan province, China Reuben Iceland (1884–1955), American poet Iceland (film)...
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  • The Iceland Lake Pluton, formerly known as the Ingall Lake Batholith, is a large granitic intrusion in Briggs and Strathcona townships of Temagami, Northeastern...
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    Jökulsárlón (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈjœːkʏlsˌaurˌlouːn] ; literally "glacial river lagoon") is a large glacial lake in southern part of Vatnajökull...
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    Iceland List of lakes of Iceland List of national parks of Iceland List of rivers of Iceland List of valleys of Iceland List of waterfalls of Iceland...
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    Þingvallavatn (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈθiŋkˌvatlaˌvahtn̥] ), anglicised as Thingvallavatn, is a rift valley lake in southwestern Iceland. With a surface...
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  • New Iceland (Icelandic: Nýja Ísland listen) is the name of a region on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba founded by Icelandic settlers in 1875. The community...
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    Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced [ˈistlant] ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
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    Mývatn (redirect from Lake Mývatn)
    Mývatn (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈmiːˌvahtn̥] ) is a shallow lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, near Krafla volcano...
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    Kerið crater lake, Iceland Crater Lake in Oregon, US Katmai crater lake, Alaska, US Soda Lakes maar volcano in Nevada, US Irazú crater lake, Costa Rica...
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  • Þórisvatn (redirect from Lake Þórisvatn)
    Þórisvatn (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈθouːrɪsˌvahtn̥] ; sometimes anglicized to Thorisvatn) is the largest lake of Iceland, situated at the south end...
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  • Tal-y-llyn Lake, Wales (End-of the-lake lake – llyn is Welsh for lake) Uig Bay ("Uig" means "bay") Vatnshlíðarvatn, Iceland (Lake-slope-lake – The farm...
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    Hvítárvatn (category Lakes of Iceland)
    Hvítárvatn (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰviːtˌaurˌvahtn̥] , "white river lake"; also known as Hvítárlón [ˈkʰviːtˌaurˌlouːn], "white river lagoon") is a lake in...
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    The economy of Iceland is small and subject to high volatility. In 2011, gross domestic product was US$12 billion, but by 2018 it had increased to a nominal...
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    Grímsvötn (category Lakes of Iceland)
    of Iceland Glacial lake outburst flood Iceland hotspot Iceland plume List of glaciers of Iceland List of islands of Iceland List of lakes of Iceland Plate...
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    lakes, eastern Africa Lake Tanganyika, part of Albertine Rift Lake Vostok, in Antarctica, may have formed in a rift setting Þingvallavatn, in Iceland...
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    The demographics of Iceland include population density, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects...
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    The lake Hóp (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhouːp] ) is situated in the north of Iceland near Blönduós at the Húnafjörður. In reality, the lake is more of...
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    jökulhlaup (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈjœːkʏl̥ˌl̥œyp] pronunciation) (literally "glacial run") is a type of glacial outburst flood. It is an Icelandic term that...
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    The recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from Western Europe, particularly in modern-day...
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    Gimli, Manitoba (category Icelandic settlements in Canada)
    west side of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. The community's first European settlers were Icelanders who were part of the New Iceland settlement in...
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    Kleifarvatn (category Lakes of Iceland)
    Kleifarvatn (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰleiːvarˌvahtn̥] ) is the largest lake on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, situated in the southern part of...
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    glacial lakes. Jökulsárlón, a glacial lake in Iceland. To the right, the mouth of the glacier Vatnajökull. The glacial lakes, that give origin to the Maritsa...
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    Silfra (category Geology of Iceland)
    Eurasian plates – and is located in the Þingvallavatn Lake in the Þingvellir National Park in Iceland. Silfra lies in the Þingvellir valley and within the...
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    Þingvellir (category Medieval history of Iceland)
    tectonic plates. To its south lies Þingvallavatn, the largest natural lake in Iceland. Þingvellir National Park (þjóðgarðurinn á Þingvöllum [ˈθjouðˌkarðʏrɪn...
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    Breiðárlón (category Lakes of Iceland)
    Breiðárlón (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpreiːðˌaurˌlouːn] ) is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull. Formed at the terminus...
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    Athletes from Iceland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908. The National Olympic Committee was created in 1921 and recognized by the International...
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    Askja (category Highlands of Iceland)
    Geography of Iceland Iceland plume List of glaciers of Iceland List of lakes of Iceland List of rivers of Iceland Volcanism of Iceland List of volcanic...
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    Öskjuvatn (category Lakes of Iceland)
    Öskjuvatn (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈœscʏˌvahtn̥] , "Askja Lake") is a lake in the Highlands of Iceland. Its surface area is about 11 km2. With a depth...
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