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Age of the Sturlungs
The Age of the Sturlungs or the Sturlung Era (Sturlungaöld) was a 42–44 year period of internal strife in mid-13th century Iceland.
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Akranes
Akranes is a port town and municipality on the west coast of Iceland, around north of the capital Reykjavík.
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Birch
A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams.
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Borgarnes
Borgarnes is a town located on a peninsula at the shore of Borgarfjörður in Iceland and is the largest town in the Borgarbyggð municipality with a population of about 2,000 residents.
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Fjord
Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.
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Glymur
Glymur is the second-highest waterfall in Iceland, with a cascade of 198 m. It was long regarded as the tallest until being surpassed by Morsárfoss, a newly measured waterfall near Morsárjökull in 2011.
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Hallgrímskirkja (Hvalfjörður)
Hallgrímskirkja (church of Hallgrímur), also known as Hallgrímskirkja í Saurbæ or Saurbæjarkirkja, is a church in Hvalfjarðarsveit, Iceland.
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Hvalfjörður Tunnel
The Hvalfjörður Tunnel (Hvalfjarðargöng) is a road tunnel under the Hvalfjörður fjord in Iceland and a part of Route 1.
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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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Kjósarhreppur
Kjósarhreppur, also known as Kjós, is a municipality in Iceland.
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List of fjords of Iceland
The fjords of Iceland, listed in a clockwise direction round the island from the SW to the east.
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List of tunnels in Iceland
There are eleven open tunnels in Iceland, and three others currently under construction in the Icelandic road system.
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List of waterfalls of Iceland
Iceland is unusually suited for waterfalls.
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Lupinus nootkatensis
Lupinus nootkatensis, the Nootka lupine, is a perennial plant of the genus Lupinus in the legume family, Fabaceae.
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Maríuhöfn
Maríuhöfn in Hvalfjörður in Iceland was an important trading post and harbour in the Middle Ages.
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Mosfellsbær
Mosfellsbær is a town in south-west Iceland, some east of the country's capital, Reykjavík.
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Naval base
A naval base, navy base, or military port is a military base, where warships and naval ships are docked when they have no mission at sea or want to restock.
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Pinophyta
The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida.
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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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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
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Whale
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals.
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Whaling in Iceland
Whaling in Iceland began with spear-drift hunting as early as the 12th century, and continued in a vestigial form until the late 19th century, when other countries introduced modern commercial practices.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvalfjörður
