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Bifröst
In Norse mythology, Bifröst (or sometimes Bilröst or Bivrost) is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard (Earth) and Asgard, the realm of the gods.
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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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Cinder cone
A cinder cone or scoria cone is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as either volcanic clinkers, cinders, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent.
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Fissure vent
A fissure vent, also known as a volcanic fissure or eruption fissure, is a linear volcanic vent through which lava erupts, usually without any explosive activity.
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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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List of volcanoes in Iceland
This list of volcanoes in Iceland includes 130 active and extinct volcanic mountains, of which 18 have erupted since human settlement of Iceland began circa 900 CE.
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Quaternary
Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
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Rhyolite
Rhyolite is an igneous, volcanic rock, of felsic (silica-rich) composition (typically > 69% SiO2 – see the TAS classification).
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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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Silicic
Silicic is an adjective to describe magma or igneous rock rich in silica.
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Skálholt
Skálholt (Old Icelandic: Skálaholt) is a historical site in the south of Iceland, at the river Hvítá.
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Snæfellsnes
The Snæfellsnes is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland.
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Volcanology of Iceland
The volcanoes of Iceland include a high concentration of active ones due to Iceland's location on the mid-Atlantic Ridge, a divergent tectonic plate boundary, and its location over a hot spot.
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