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  2. One American tourist dead in Iceland following ice cave collapse

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    A group of 23 tourists from several countries were exploring an ice cave at the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in southeastern Iceland when the incident occurred Sunday, according to the broadcaster.

  3. Ice caves are a popular destination for visitors to Iceland, an island nation in the north Atlantic that sits on the southern edge of the Arctic Circle. Glaciers cover about 11% of the country.

  4. 1 Tourist Dead, 2 Missing After Sudden Ice Cave Collapse ...

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    A tourist has died and a further two are missing after an accident at an ice cave in southern Iceland. On Sunday, Aug. 25, local police force Lögreglan á Suðurlandi confirmed a group of 25 ...

  5. Breiðamerkurjökull - Wikipedia

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    The first settlers arrived in Iceland around 900 AD when the edge of the glacier tongue of Breiðamerkurjökull glacier was about 20 kilometres (12 mi) further north of the present location. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] During the Little Ice Age between 1600 and 1900 AD, with cooler temperatures prevailing in these latitudes, the glacier advanced to about 1 ...

  6. Glacier cave - Wikipedia

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    An extreme example is the Kverkfjöll glacier cave in the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland, measured in the 1980s at 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) long with a vertical range of 525 metres (1,722 ft). Many glacier caves are relatively unstable due to heat transportation and glacial motion , and are subject to localized or complete collapse, as well as ...

  7. 2024 in Iceland - Wikipedia

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    1 August – Halla Tómasdóttir is inaugurated as President of Iceland. [8] 22 August – 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions: An eruption is recorded from a new fissure in the Reykjanes volcanic system. [9] 25 August – A foreign tourist is killed and two others are reported missing after an ice cave collapses at the Breiðamerkurjökull ...

  8. Police in Iceland call off search at ice cave collapse that ...

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    The rescue operation began around 3 p.m. local time on Sunday when authorities received reports that an ice cave had collapsed at the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southeastern Iceland.

  9. Surtshellir - Wikipedia

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    The roof of the cave is about 10 metres high at the highest point, and the tunnels are around 15m broad at their greatest width. [12] The floor of the lowest and westernmost part of the cave, called Íshellir ("Ice Cave"), is covered in a perpetual sheeting of ice and large ice speleothems are common within the cave. [4]