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    Reykjanes (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈreiːcaˌnɛːs]) is a small headland on the south-western end of the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, giving the main...
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    (pronounced [ˈreiːcaˌnɛsˌskaijɪ]), or Reykjanes Peninsula, a region in southwest Iceland. It was named after Reykjanes, the southwestern tip of Reykjanesskagi...
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    The Reykjanes Peninsula (Icelandic: Reykjanesskagi [ˈreiːcaˌnɛːsˌskaijɪ]) in southwest Iceland is the continuation of the mostly submarine Reykjanes Ridge...
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  • Reykjanes is the south-west end of the Reykjanes Peninsula of Iceland. It is a common geographical name in Iceland and the other officially recognised...
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    The Reykjanes Fires (Icelandic: Reykjaneseldar) were a series of volcanic eruptions that took place on the Reykjanes Peninsula in south-west Iceland between...
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    New Reykjanes Fires, drawing a parallel to a similar event in the 13th century, which marked the previous active volcanic period on the Reykjanes Peninsula...
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  • Brennisteinsfjöll; A minor system on the Reykjanes Peninsula in the southwest. crater rows and small shield volcanoes. Part of the Reykjanes volcanic zone (RVZ). See...
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    Bight transform fault near 56.5°N the Reykjanes Ridge which extends 900 km (560 mi) north to Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula at 63.87°N: 74  As it approaches...
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    Iceland is mostly to be found in the Neovolcanic Zone, comprising the Reykjanes volcanic belt (RVB), the West volcanic zone (WVZ), the Mid-Iceland belt...
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    of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge close to southwest Iceland is known as the Reykjanes Ridge. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge runs through Iceland where the ridge is...
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  • seeking a third term. 14 January – 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions: The Reykjanes volcanic system erupts near the town of Grindavík, with one fissure forming...
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    Sundhnúkur (category Reykjanes Volcanic Belt)
    system which is part of the Reykjanes volcanic belt. There are previous classifications that included the volcano in the Reykjanes volcanic system and what...
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    a bay in southwest Iceland, between the peninsulas of Snæfellsnes and Reykjanes. The name Faxaflói means 'Faxi's Bay' or 'Faxe's Bay'. The first part...
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    Fagradalsfjall (category Reykjanes Volcanic Belt)
    since the end of the Reykjanes Fires in 1240. The unrest and eruption in Fagradalsfjall are part of a larger unrest period on Reykjanes Peninsula including...
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    The Reykjanes power station (known as Reykjanesvirkjun [ˈreiːcaˌnɛsˌvɪr̥cʏn]) is a geothermal power station located in Reykjanes at the south-western tip...
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    elected to the Althing in 1999 for the constituency of Reykjanes and from 2003 (when the Reykjanes constituency was abolished) for the Southwest constituency...
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    Blue Lagoon (geothermal spa) (category Reykjanes)
    field 5 km (3.1 mi) from Grindavík and in front of Mount Þorbjörn on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in a location favourable for geothermal power, and is supplied...
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    Eldvörp–Svartsengi (category Reykjanes Volcanic Belt)
    each other.: 30  Together with Reykjanes, Fagradalsfjall, Krýsuvík and Brennisteinsfjöll, Svartsengi is part of the Reykjanes volcanic belt. The lavas emitted...
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    Askja Krafla (f) Reykjanes Volcanic Belt Hengill Brennisteinsfjöll (f) Krýsuvík (f) Fagradalsfjall (f) Eldvörp–Svartsengi (f) Reykjanes (f) Western Volcanic...
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    electricity and hot water mainly from geothermal sources, mainly on the Reykjanes Peninsula. It is the third largest electricity producer in Iceland, after...
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  • Ingólfur (1992). "Commercial production of salt from geothermal brine at reykjanes, iceland". Geothermics. 21 (5–6): 765–771. doi:10.1016/0375-6505(92)90029-9...
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    than 15,000 feet (4.5 km) deep into the volcanic fields in Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, researchers are hoping to investigate the use of supercritical...
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  • include the Blue Lagoon, Skeggjastaðir [is], Mosfellsdalur [is], and Reykjanes. Filming is expected to be completed by mid-November 2024. Pete Souza...
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    Keflavík (category Reykjanes)
    (pronounced [ˈcʰɛplaˌviːk] , meaning Driftwood Bay) is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær...
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  • looping from Reykjavik into the Reykjanes Peninsula and back. The primary stops on the Blue Diamond route in the Reykjanes Geopark are Gunnuhver (largest...
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    Grindavík (category Reykjanes)
    Vígbjóðsson [ˈθouːrɪr ˈhœystˌmɪr̥kʏr ˈviɣˌpjouðsˌsɔːn], arrived in the Reykjanes area. Þórir settled in Selvogur and Krísuvík and Molda-Gnúpur in Grindavík...
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    mid-oceanic ridge The Reykjanes Ridge south of Iceland comes ashore at Reykjanes where all of the extension of the northern Reykjanes ridge (NRR), is accommodated...
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    Þorbjörn (mountain) (category Reykjanes)
    up to 80 m deep. The mountain is a symbol of Reykjanes' geology. Pleistocene volcanism on the Reykjanes peninsula is represented by the larger shield...
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  • on one hand and Reykjanes on the other which encompassed all other municipalities in the vicinity of Reykjavík and on the Reykjanes peninsula. The same...
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    to land, and so they followed the third raven. After sailing west past Reykjanes, they spotted a large bay. Faxe remarked that they seemed to have found...
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