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Keflavík

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Keflavík (pronounced, meaning Driftwood Bay) is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. [1]

36 relations: Airliner, Atlantic Ocean, Basalt, Cold War, Constituencies of Iceland, Fishing, Greenland Sea, Greenwich Mean Time, Hafnir, Iceland, Iceland Defense Force, Keflavík ÍF, Keflavík International Airport, Municipalities of Iceland, NATO, Naval Air Station Keflavik, Njarðvík, Norwegian Sea, Radar, Red Storm Rising, Regions of Iceland, Reykjanes, Reykjanesbær, Scotland, Sea, Snæfellsjökull, South (Icelandic constituency), Southern Peninsula (Iceland), Soviet Union, Submarine, Tom Clancy, United States, United States Air Force, Uppspretta, World War II, Yr.no.

Airliner

An airliner is a type of aircraft for transporting passengers and air cargo.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Basalt

Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Constituencies of Iceland

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

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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.

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Greenland Sea

The Greenland Sea is a body of water that borders Greenland to the west, the Svalbard archipelago to the east, Fram Strait and the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland to the south.

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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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Hafnir

Hafnir is a village in southwestern Iceland.

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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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Iceland Defense Force

The Iceland Defense Force (IDF) was a military command of the United States Armed Forces from 1951 to 2006.

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Keflavík ÍF

Keflavík ÍF (Keflavík, íþrótta- og ungmennafélag) is an Icelandic sports club, from the town of Reykjanesbær.

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Keflavík International Airport

Keflavík International Airport (Keflavíkurflugvöllur), also known as Reykjavík–Keflavík Airport, is the largest airport in Iceland and the country's main hub for international transportation.

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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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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord; OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.

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Naval Air Station Keflavik

Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) is a U.S. Navy base at Keflavík International Airport, Iceland.

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Njarðvík

Njarðvík is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes.

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Norwegian Sea

The Norwegian Sea (Norskehavet) is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Norway.

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Radar

Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects.

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Red Storm Rising

Red Storm Rising is a 1986 technothriller novel by Tom Clancy about a Third World War in Europe between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Warsaw Pact forces, set around the mid-1980s.

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Regions of Iceland

The regions of Iceland are mainly used for statistical purposes.

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Reykjanes

Reykjanes is a small headland on the southwestern tip of Reykjanesskagi.

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Reykjanesbær

Reykjanesbær is a municipality on the Southern Peninsula in Iceland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Sea

A sea is a large body of salt water that is surrounded in whole or in part by land.

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Snæfellsjökull

Snæfellsjökull (snow-fell glacier) is a 700,000-year-old glacier-capped stratovolcano in western Iceland.

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South (Icelandic constituency)

South Constituency is one of the six constituencies of Iceland.

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Southern Peninsula (Iceland)

Southern Peninsula (Suðurnes) Reykjanesskagi (pronounced) or Reykjanes Peninsula is a region in southwest Iceland.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Submarine

A submarine (or simply sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.

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Tom Clancy

Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War.

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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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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Uppspretta

Uppspretta is the name of a Toyist artwork situated in the Icelandic town of Keflavík.

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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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Yr.no

yr.no is a Norwegian website for weather forecasting and other meteorological information (which is also in English).

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Redirects here:

Keflavik, Keflavik, Iceland.

References

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

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