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    plateaus to the north. Kirkjubæjarklaustur is roughly 190 kilometres (120 mi) east of the capital Reykjavik. Kirkjubæjarklaustur's geographical location...
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    Systrafoss, in Kirkjubæjarklaustur Þjófafoss on the Merkurhraun lava fields Öxarárfoss, at Þingvellir National Park Fagrifoss, near Kirkjubæjarklaustur Morsárfoss...
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    The tallest tree in Iceland is a sitka spruce planted in 1949 in Kirkjubæjarklaustur; it was measured at 25.2 m (83 ft) in 2013. Algae such as Chondrus...
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    far from the volcanic fissure of Eldgjá and the small village of Kirkjubæjarklaustur. The fissure is properly referred to as Lakagígar, while Laki is...
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  • long. It is located near the Ring Road, not far from the village of Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Its origins dates back to the cold periods of the Ice Age, about...
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    Eskifjörður Fáskrúðsfjörður Stöðvarfjörður Breiðdalsvík Djúpivogur Höfn Kirkjubæjarklaustur Vík í Mýrdal (Vík) Skógar Hvolsvöllur Hella Selfoss Hveragerði During...
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    Dverghamrar, Kirkjubæjarklaustur Gerðuberg Hellnahraun near Arnarstapi, Snæfellsbær Hljóðaklettar, Jökulsárgljúfur Kirkjugólf, Kirkjubæjarklaustur Kálfshamarsvík...
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    road construction; the third, easternmost branch, which flows near Kirkjubæjarklaustur, retains the name Skaftá but has extremely low water levels when...
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    Vesturland 71 Flateyri 199 177 11.1% Ísafjarðarbær Vestfirðir 72 Kirkjubæjarklaustur 119 176 47.9% Skaftárhreppur Suðurland 73 Súðavík 145 157 8.3% Súðavíkurhreppur...
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    Skaftafell National Park was a national park, situated between Kirkjubæjarklaustur, typically referred to as Klaustur, and Höfn in the south of Iceland...
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    explosion on the glacier. It can be timed because the seismometers at Kirkjubæjarklaustur monitored the movement. When about 15,000,000 cubic metres (530,000...
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  • Kirkjubæjar Abbey (Icelandic: Kirkjubæjarklaustur), in operation from 1186 until the Icelandic Reformation, was a monastery in Iceland of nuns of the...
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  • Village in Somogy County, Hungary Hungarian "St. George by Balaton". Kirkjubæjarklaustur 19 Village in the Skaftárhreppur municipality, Iceland Icelandic...
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  • Jafnaskarðsskógur (national forest) Jórvíkurskógur (national forest) Kirkjubæjarklaustur Kirkjuhvammur Kjarnaskógur Kristnesskógur (national forest) Laugalandsskógur...
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    Skaftárhreppur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈskaftˌaur̥ˌr̥ɛhpʏr̥] ) is a municipality in southern Iceland. The largest settlement is Kirkjubæjarklaustur. v t e...
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  • Hvalsnes, Reykjanes. Turfen church in Víðimýri. Modern church in Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Christianisation of Scandinavia Religion in Norway Religion in Europe...
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    indications of volcanic activity were recorded at the seismic station in Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Iceland from 6 to 8 November 1963, which detected weak tremors emanating...
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    Landbrotshólar of South-Iceland's Katla UNESCO Global Geopark near Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Rootless cones have also been discovered in the Athabasca Valles...
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  • Múlaþing, Fjarðabyggð. 7 Southern Region Hvolsvöllur Selfoss, Vík, Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Höfn Municipal jurisdiction: Skaftárhreppur, Mýrdalshreppur, Rangárþing...
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  • Courses and Music Festival JEA Jazz Festival Blue North Music Festival Kirkjubæjarklaustur Chamber Music Festival Skálholt Summer Concerts Folk music festival...
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    [ˈsɪstraˌfɔsː] , "sisters' waterfall") is a waterfall in Iceland, found at Kirkjubæjarklaustur in Skaftárhreppur in the Suðurland region. The waterfall is part...
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    Lakagígar craters and Langisjór. An information centre is located in Kirkjubæjarklaustur, jointly run by the national park and the local community. The visitor...
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    Breiðamerkursandur and the river Skeiðará, east of the village of Kirkjubæjarklaustur and South, West and East of the Öræfajökull volcano. It has been...
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  • doi:10.1080/14614103.2018.1531191. ISSN 1461-4103. S2CID 134309892. Kirkjubæjarklaustur (AD 1186–1542) Júlíusson, Árni Daníel; Lárusdottir, Birna; Lucas...
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  • Enterprise College in Kendal, Cumbria, England Kirby (disambiguation) Kirkjubæjarklaustur, a place name in Iceland with a parallel etymology and meaning This...
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  • S2CID 128734995. "Vatnajökull National Park—Lakagigar". Klaustur.is. Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Archived from the original on 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2018-12-04....
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    Icelandic volcanoes. It is situated between Landmannalaugar and Kirkjubæjarklaustur. The Ófærufoss waterfall, a tourist attraction, lies in the main...
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  • Kirkjubæjarklaustur Geirland 204 Meðallandsvegur 1 close to Kirkjubæjarklaustur 1 next to Kúðafljót 205 Klausturvegur 1 next to Kirkjubæjarklaustur Kirkjubæjarklaustur...
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    road leading to Lakagígar craters on road F206.24 km (15 mi) from Kirkjubæjarklaustur and 40 km (25 mi) from Laki. Access to the waterfall requires the...
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  • month. A recent low pressure on 30 December 2015 was recorded at Kirkjubaejarklaustur (associated with an area of low pressure known as Eckard/Frank) at...
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