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    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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  • Grímsey Hraunhafnartangi Kolbeinsey Norðfjarðarhorn Surtsey Dyrhólaey Bjargtangar Hvannadalshnjúkur This is a list of the extreme points of Iceland, the...
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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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    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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    Arctic Circle contains the northernmost habitation of Iceland, whereas Kolbeinsey contains the northernmost point of Iceland. Iceland has three national...
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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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    Geirfuglasker Grímsey Hergilsey Hjörsey Hrísey Hrappsey Hvalbakur Jólnir Kolbeinsey Lundey in Faxaflói Lundey in Skagafjörður Lundey in Skjálfandi Málmey...
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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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    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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    Iceland (northern coast) Æðey Drangey Flatey, Skjálfandi Grímsey Hrísey Kolbeinsey Málmey Vigur Bear Island Jan Mayen Svalbard Archipelago: Barentsøya Alekseevøya...
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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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    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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    Hofsjokull, fissure vent Hromundartindur, stratovolcano Katla, fissure vent Kolbeinsey Ridge, fissure vent Krafla, caldera Krysuvik-Trolladyngja, crater rows...
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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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    (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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Huber, R.; Kristjansson, J. K. (1997). Cruise Report Poseidon 229a/b Kolbeinsey Ridge, Akureyri - Reykjavik, 22.05.1997 - 11.06.1997 (Report). Kiel, Deutschland:...
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    marine hydrothermal vents. They were discovered in samples taken at the Kolbeinsey Ridge north of Iceland, as well as at the East Pacific Rise (at 9 degrees...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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