400km 250miles Kolbeinsey Kolbeinsey (Icelandic: [ˈkʰɔlˌpeinsˌeiː] ; also known as Kolbeinn's Isle, Seagull Rock, Mevenklint, Mevenklip, or Meeuw Steen)...
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The Kolbeinsey Ridge is a segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge located to the north of Iceland in the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded to the south by the Tjörnes...
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Hverfjall . Hotspot Ingólfsfjall Jólnir Katla Keilir Kerlingarfjöll Note: Kolbeinsey (3.84 km further north of map at 67deg) Krafla Krakatindur Krýsuvík...
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Grímsey Hraunhafnartangi Kolbeinsey Norðfjarðarhorn Surtsey Dyrhólaey Bjargtangar Hvannadalshnjúkur This is a list of the extreme points of Iceland, the...
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Arctic Circle contains the northernmost habitation of Iceland, whereas Kolbeinsey contains the northernmost point of Iceland. Iceland has three national...
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Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenland), and northern Iceland (Grímsey and Kolbeinsey), along with the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. Land within the Arctic...
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Geirfuglasker Grímsey Hergilsey Hjörsey Hrísey Hrappsey Hvalbakur Jólnir Kolbeinsey Lundey in Faxaflói Lundey in Skagafjörður Lundey in Skjálfandi Málmey...
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In northern Iceland the Tjörnes Fracture Zone connects Iceland to the Kolbeinsey Ridge. The ridge sits atop a geologic feature known as the Mid-Atlantic...
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northeastwards from the Reykjanes Ridge, forming the Kolbeinsey Ridge. During the period when both the Kolbeinsey and Aegir ridges were active, the microcontinent...
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Iceland (northern coast) Æðey Drangey Flatey, Skjálfandi Grímsey Hrísey Kolbeinsey Málmey Vigur Bear Island Jan Mayen Svalbard Archipelago: Barentsøya Alekseevøya...
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Keelung Islet, off the northern shore of Taiwan Klein Bonaire, Netherlands Kolbeinsey, Iceland Liancourt Rocks, South Korea Lihou, Bailiwick of Guernsey Magra...
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explosive eruptions. North of Iceland, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is called Kolbeinsey Ridge (KR) and is connected to the NVZ via the Tjörnes Fracture Zone (TFZ)...
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(locations outside mainland in parentheses) North: Rifstangi, 66°32′3" N (Kolbeinsey, 67°08,9 N) South: Kötlutangi, 63°23′6" N (Surtsey, 63°17,7 N) West: Bjargtangar...
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availability of hydrogen and thiosulfate. Aquifex pyrophilus was discovered at Kolbeinsey Ridge, North of Iceland by Robert Huber and Karl Stetter in 1992. In Huber's...
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by its proximity to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which transforms into the Kolbeinsey Ridge, and the Greenland-Scotland Ridge, and it lies just south of the...
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Hofsjokull, fissure vent Hromundartindur, stratovolcano Katla, fissure vent Kolbeinsey Ridge, fissure vent Krafla, caldera Krysuvik-Trolladyngja, crater rows...
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in this region crosses the island from southwest and connects to the Kolbeinsey Ridge in the northeast.: 39, 40, 49 Iceland is geologically young: all...
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northernmost inhabited Icelandic territory; the rapidly disappearing islet of Kolbeinsey lies some 60 km (30 nmi) farther north, but has never been habitable....
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stærsta eyjan við Ísland?". "Hrappsey - NAT ferðavísir". 31 May 2020. "Is Kolbeinsey Still There? YouTuber Tom Scott Takes Flight to Find Out". 18 August 2020...
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forming Kolbeinsey Ridge propagated northwards from Iceland, splitting the Jan Mayen Microcontinent away from the Greenland Plate. As the Kolbeinsey Ridge...
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Reykjanes Ridge segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and to the north by the Kolbeinsey Ridge. Rifting in the southern part of Iceland is focused in two main...
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Sweden Treriksröset, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Lapland 69°04′N Iceland Kolbeinsey, Eyjafjarðarsýsla Rifstangi Peninsula (mainland) 67°08′N 66°32′N Arctic...
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any landmass south of 60°S are not part of any country. Jan Mayen 500 kilometres (310 mi) Kolbeinsey Marquesas Islands 500 kilometres (310 mi) Tuamotus...
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Copinsay (Old Norse: Kolbeinsey) is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland. The smaller companion island...
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Ridge (RR), as part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to the south-west and the Kolbeinsey Ridge (KR) to the north. Two transform zones are connecting these volcano-tectonic...
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enhanced igneous crustal thickness found along the southern Aegir and Kolbeinsey ridges may be results of interaction between the plume and the Mid-Atlantic...
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It lies 600 km (370 mi) northeast of Iceland (495 km [305 mi] NE of Kolbeinsey), 500 km (310 mi) east of central Greenland, and 900 km (560 mi) northwest...
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Lichowski, F.; Möller, H.; Pracht, J. (1997). "Cruise Report Poseidon 229a/b Kolbeinsey Ridge, Akureyri - Reykjavik". doi:10.3289/CR_POS229. {{cite journal}}:...
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Atlantic Ocean Mid-Atlantic Ridge – Atlantic Ocean tectonic plate boundary Kolbeinsey Ridge – Segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of Iceland in the Arctic...
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discovered in 2002 in a hydrothermal vent off the coast of Iceland on the Kolbeinsey Ridge by Karl Stetter. It has been proposed as the first species in a...
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