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Hvolsvöllur

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Hvolsvöllur is a small town in the south of Iceland about 106 km to the east of Reykjavík. [1]

21 relations: Constituencies of Iceland, Esso, Eyjafjallajökull, Glacier, Greenwich Mean Time, Iceland, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, List of cities and towns in Iceland, Mýrdalsjökull, Municipalities of Iceland, Njáls saga, Rangárþing eystra, Regions of Iceland, Reykjavík, Route 1 (Iceland), Sagas of Icelanders, South (Icelandic constituency), Southern Region (Iceland), Thórsmörk, Vestmannaeyjar, 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull.

Constituencies of Iceland

Iceland is divided into 6 constituencies for the purpose of selecting representatives to parliament.

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Esso

Esso is a trading name for ExxonMobil and its related companies.

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Eyjafjallajökull

Eyjafjallajökull (English Island Mountain Glacier, is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, north of Skógar and west of Mýrdalsjökull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of. The volcano has erupted relatively frequently since the last glacial period, most recently in 2010.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.

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Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.

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Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 17 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.

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List of cities and towns in Iceland

This is a list of cities and towns in Iceland.

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Mýrdalsjökull

Mýrdalsjökull (pronounced, Icelandic for "(the) mire dale glacier" or "(the) mire valley glacier") is an ice cap in the south of Iceland.

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Municipalities of Iceland

The municipalities of Iceland are local administrative areas in Iceland that provide a number of services to their inhabitants such as kindergartens, elementary schools, waste management, social services, public housing, public transportation, services to senior citizens and handicapped people.

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Njáls saga

Njáls saga (modern Icelandic pronunciation) (also Njála, Brennu-Njáls saga or "The Story of Burnt Njáll") is a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga that describes events between 960 and 1020.

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Rangárþing eystra

Rangárþing eystra is a municipality located in southern Iceland in the Southern Region, between Eystri Rangá in the west and Jökulsá á Sólheimasandi in the east.

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Regions of Iceland

The regions of Iceland are mainly used for statistical purposes.

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Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland.

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Route 1 (Iceland)

Route 1 or the Ring Road is a national road in Iceland that runs around the island and connects most of the inhabited parts of the country.

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Sagas of Icelanders

The Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), also known as family sagas, are prose narratives mostly based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries, during the so-called Saga Age.

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South (Icelandic constituency)

South Constituency is one of the six constituencies of Iceland.

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Southern Region (Iceland)

Southern Region (Suðurland, literally: Southern Land) is a region of Iceland.

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Thórsmörk

Thórsmörk (Þórsmörk) is a mountain ridge in Iceland that was named after the Norse god Thor (Þór).

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Vestmannaeyjar

Vestmannaeyjar (sometimes anglicized as Westman Islands) is a town and archipelago off the south coast of Iceland.

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2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull

The 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull were volcanic events at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland which, although relatively small for volcanic eruptions, caused enormous disruption to air travel across western and northern Europe over an initial period of six days in April 2010.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvolsvöllur

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