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Church near Búðir, August 1989. Búðir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpuːðɪr̥]; also transliterated Búdir) is a small hamlet in Búðahraun lava fields in Staðarsveit, which is in the western region of Iceland, on the westernmost tip of the Snaefellsnes peninsula where Hraunhafnará falls to the sea, the original old name of Búðir having been Hraunhöfn.
West Iceland 2011 ii, v, x (mixed) Breiðafjörður is a large shallow bay in Western Iceland. Dotted with islands, islets, and skerries; it is an important breeding ground for birds, including brent goose (Branta benicla) and red knot (Calidris canutus). The area has been continuously populated since the settlement of Iceland, and preserves ...
Goðafoss (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkɔːðaˌfɔsː] ⓘ) is a waterfall in northern Iceland.It is located along the country's main ring road at the junction with the Sprengisandur highland road, [1] about 45 minutes from Akureyri.
Fáskrúðsfjörður, located on the same-named fjord, lies between Reyðarfjörður and Stöðvarfjörður.It is one of the easternmost settlements of Iceland. The other neighbouring villages which compose the municipality of Fjarðabyggð are: Eskifjörður (1,043 inh.), Mjóifjörður (35 inh.), Neskaupstaður (1,437 inh.), [2] Reyðarfjörður (1,102 inh.) and Stöðvarfjörður (203 inh.).
Modern social upheavals have brought with them problems for the church in Iceland. Iceland is a modern and highly urbanized society, highly secularized with increasing pluralism of belief. About 62% of the population belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland [5] and over 90% of the populace belong to Christian churches. Nine out of ...
Búðardalur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpuːðarˌtaːlʏr̥] ⓘ) is a village situated on the Hvammsfjörður in the north-west of Iceland. The village also lies at the north-eastern end of the Snæfellsnes peninsula and is part of the municipality of Dalabyggð. Búðardalur had about 270 inhabitants in 2014 and is a service center for the ...
Reykjavík Cathedral (Icelandic: Dómkirkjan í Reykjavík) is a cathedral church in Reykjavík, Iceland, the seat of the Bishop of Iceland and mother church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, as well as the parish church of the old city centre and environs.
Bárðarbunga was a little-known volcano in Iceland due to its remote location and infrequent eruptions approximately once every 50 years, but recent studies have shown that many tephra layers originally thought to be from other volcanoes were ejected from Bárðarbunga, [1] and that lateral dyke intrusions may trigger eruptions in adjacent ...
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