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    Volcanism of Iceland Geography of Iceland 2022 Þingvallavatn plane crash EÖÞ. "Vísindavefurinn: Hvað er Þingvallavatn djúpt?". Visindavefur.hi.is. Archived from...
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    2022 Þingvallavatn plane crash is an aviation accident which occurred on 3 February 2022 when a Cessna 172N (TF-ABB) crash-landed into the partly-frozen...
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    Canada lie inside a rift valley called the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben. Þingvallavatn, Iceland's largest natural lake, is also an example of a rift lake....
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    north of the Þingvallavatn Lake. In the distant past, this Langjökull meltwater ran through a river directly and unimpeded into the Þingvallavatn Lake. This...
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    the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. To its south lies Þingvallavatn, the largest natural lake in Iceland. Þingvellir National Park (þjóðgarðurinn...
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    Rift Lake Vostok, in Antarctica, may have formed in a rift setting Þingvallavatn, in Iceland Lakes portal Stones of Princeton Marshall, J.E.A. & Hewett...
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    July 2024. "Hálf-íslenskur þingmaður í Bretlandi: Varði æskusumrum við Þingvallavatn - ruv.is". ruv.is/ (in Icelandic). 6 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-07...
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    largest lakes are Þórisvatn reservoir: 83–88 km2 (32–34 sq mi) and Þingvallavatn: 82 km2 (32 sq mi); other important lakes include Lagarfljót and Mývatn...
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    stickleback is known from at least four different lakes in Iceland, including Þingvallavatn, Hreðavatn, Frostastaðavatn, and Mývatn. The species is differentiated...
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    power stations. Írafossstöð was built in 1953 and is one of Iceland's oldest hydroelectric plants still operating, located just south of Þingvallavatn....
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  • species of subterranean amphipod crustacean, endemic to the area around Þingvallavatn, a lake in southwestern Iceland. The species has no close relatives...
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    (1992). "Photosynthesis and Production of Epilithic Algal Communities in Thingvallavatn". Oikos. 64 (1/2): 222–240. Bibcode:1992Oikos..64..222J. doi:10.2307/3545053...
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    produced by this eruption, flowed southwards, and formed the basin of Þingvallavatn, Iceland's largest lake, and Þingvellir, the "Parliament Plains" where...
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    which have been cited as examples of incipient speciation. In Iceland, Þingvallavatn is noted for the evolution of four morphs: small benthic, large benthic...
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    lake-to-lake river in Iceland in Þingvellir National Park, a tributary of Lake Þingvallavatn. It descends to the rift forming Öxarárfoss, a waterfall. List of rivers...
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  • made in 1906. The route would have run from Reykjavík to Selfoss via Þingvallavatn. That route would allow extensions to Akranes/Borgarfjörður, Rangarvöllur...
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  • Iceland. Its binomial species name commemorates the Icelandic lake Þingvallavatn which includes the limited range in which the fish is found. Salvelinus...
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    before the settlement of Iceland. The mountain is south of Lake Thingvallavatn (Þingvallavatn in Icelandic), south-west of the Nesjavellir geothermal area...
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    Ocean 0 m (0 ft) Longest river Þjórsá 230 km (140 mi) Largest lake Þingvallavatn 84 km2 (32 sq mi) Climate Subpolar oceanic climate, Tundra Terrain Plateau...
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  • 76000°E / 35.51556; 138.76000 The largest among the Fuji Five Lakes Þingvallavatn Iceland Iceland 84 64°11′N 21°09′W Lake Taupō North Island New Zealand...
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    Reykjavík to Þingvellir and forms part of the Golden Circle around Þingvallavatn. The road is 68 km long. Starting from its junction with Route 35 in...
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    that large quantities of water flow in sub-surface streams to lake Þingvallavatn (some 50 km (31 mi) to the south and easily accessible to tourists)...
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  • and shield volcanoes. Hengill WVZ/RVB/SISZ Grensdalur, Hveragerdi, Þingvallavatn, Hellisheiði Hengill Fissure swarms with effusive lava flows and minor...
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    commonly Sogið [ˈsɔijɪθ]) is a river in Iceland. It runs from the lake Þingvallavatn for 21.9 kilometres (13.6 mi) to its confluence with the river Hvítá...
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  • endemic to Iceland. The species range lies entirely within the lake Þingvallavatn. The Murta Char was originally described by the Icelandic ichthyologist...
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  • eruption.[citation needed] The lava flowed south and formed the basin of Þingvallavatn, Iceland's largest lake. 8230 BC - Grímsvötn The eruption was VEI 6...
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    What is below the water masses? – Multibeam studies of Öskjuvatn, Thingvallavatn and Kleifarvatn, Master’s thesis (PDF) (Thesis). Faculty of Earth Sciences...
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    It is situated by Lake Úlfljótsvatn, which lies just south of Lake Þingvallavatn. It is located approximately 70 km east of Reykjavík. Various events...
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    Stíflisdalsvatn [is] [ˈstiplɪsˌtalsˌvahtn̥], a small lake northwest of the Þingvallavatn, into the Laxárvogur [is] [ˈlaksˌaurˌvɔːɣʏr̥], a cove on the Hvalfjörður...
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    Úlfljótr's Lake) is a lake in southern Iceland, to the south of lake Þingvallavatn, 74km east of Reykjavík. Úlfljótsvatn is named after Úlfljótr, an important...
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