Heimaey Heimaey (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheiːmaˌeiː] ), is an Icelandic island. At 13.4 square kilometres (5.2 sq mi), it is the largest island in...
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Eldfell (section Heimaey since the eruption)
the Icelandic island of Heimaey. It formed in a volcanic eruption which began without warning on the eastern side of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands,...
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Heimaey Stave Church (Stafkirkjan) is a close replica of Haltdalen stave church situated in the Skansinn area of the harbour of Vestmannaeyjabær on Heimaey...
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municipality and archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. The largest island, Heimaey, has a population of 4,414, most of whom live in the archipelago's main...
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(Icelandic: Fíllinn) is a natural rock formation located on the island of Heimaey in the Westman Islands archipelago. The Elephant Rock is formed primarily...
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Vestmannaeyjar also produced the famous eruption of Eldfell on the island of Heimaey in 1973. The eruption that created Surtsey also created a few other small...
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turbulent ocean conditions. During the sinking of their boat, off the coast of Heimaey in Vestmannaeyjar, Guðlaugur and two out of four other companions climbed...
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Vestmannaeyjar Airport (redirect from Heimaey Airport)
(IATA: VEY, ICAO: BIVM) is a two-runway airport on the island of Heimaey, in Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands), a small archipelago off the south...
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volcanic cone on the island of Heimaey. It formed in a volcanic eruption which began without warning on the eastern side of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands,...
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Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago in Iceland. The Stórhöfði peninsula immediately to the south of Helgafell in what is now southern Heimaey formed...
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named) and San Juan Parangaricutiro, Mexico, by Parícutin from 1943 to 1952 Heimaey, Iceland, in the 1973 Eldfell eruption (rebuilt) Piton Sainte-Rose, Reunion...
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10 June 1967, and grew up in a family of six children on the island of Heimaey. His father ran a business repairing fishing nets. Heimir originally studied...
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'Valley Road') or Route 22 is a short national road on the island of Heimaey in the Southern Region of Iceland. It runs from Básaskersbryggja, through...
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9 September 1998, when he was flown to Klettsvík, a bay on the island of Heimaey in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. UPS again participated in transport, this time...
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September 2014. Williams Jr., R.S.; Moore, J.G. (1983). Man Against Volcano: The Eruption on Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland (PDF) (2nd ed.). USGS. p. 11....
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pronunciation: [ˈstourˌhœvðɪ]) is a peninsula and the southernmost point of Heimaey, the largest island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, in Iceland. It is...
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Haltdalen Church. Also, a replica of the Haltdalen stave church was built in Heimaey in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland as a gift from Norway to Iceland. Haltdalen-Røros-Brekken...
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Vestmannaeyjar, a group of islands off the coast. They raided the village and Heimaey for three days, capturing 234 people and killing 34, including one of the...
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panda center. Super Wings helper : Dizzy 266 2 "Finding Fara's Family" Heimaey 2023 (2023) 2023 Jett and Paul try's to find Fara the Dolphin's home. Super...
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recent activity formed the island of Surtsey and cones such as Eldfell on Heimaey. It is the southern tip of the EVZ propagating rift in what is an off rift...
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Guernsey, Alderney, but also islands farther away like Anglesey, Orkney and Heimaey. In 933, the Duchy of Normandy annexed the Channel Islands including Chausey...
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entire community has been evacuated in Iceland since the eruption of Heimaey's Eldfell in 1973. The town was reopened to the public nearly a year after...
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to the list. Population figures of some small islands of Iceland (f.ex Heimaey are deducted from the population of the republic of Iceland. Madeira Island...
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Iceland. It is located in the town of Vestmannaeyjar on the island of Heimaey. It is used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of Íþróttabandalag...
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is entirely paved and was the main connection to the Herjólfur ferry to Heimaey until 2010. Since then, there has been the Landeyjahöfn with a significantly...
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Williams Jr., R.S.; Moore, J.G. (1983). Man Against Volcano: The Eruption on Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland (PDF) (2nd ed.). USGS. p. 11. "Villarrica". Global...
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south. It is the second-largest island off the coast of Iceland (after Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar). It has a population of approximately 120 people...
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Helgafell (Vestmannaeyjabær), a volcano 227 m (745 ft) on the island of Heimaey, south-east Iceland Helgafell (Sveitarfélagið Stykkishólmur), a hill 73 m...
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nearest active neighbours are Katla, to the northeast, and Eldfell, on Heimaey, to the southwest. The volcano is thought to be related to Katla geologically...
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children's book by Bruce McMillan. It was photo-illustrated by the author on Heimaey island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the south coast of Iceland...
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