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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.
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 ...
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 ...
An enlargeable topographic map of Iceland An enlargeable satellite image of Iceland. Geography of Iceland. Iceland is: a Nordic island country; Land boundaries: none; Coastline: 4,970 km; Population of Iceland: 319,326 people (April 2009 estimate) - 172nd most populous country; Area of Iceland: 103,000 km 2 (40,000 sq mi) - 107th largest country
A map of Iceland, showing major towns, rivers, lakes and glaciers. Translated from a map on the Greek Wikipedia (located here). Date: 23 June 2007: Source: Own work, based on File:Map of Iceland el.svg created by el:user:Αντιγόνη: Author: Max Naylor
Dettifoss, located in northeast Iceland. It is the second-largest waterfall in Europe in terms of volume discharge, with an average water flow of 200 m 3 /s. Iceland is an island country in Northern Europe, straddling the Eurasian and North American plates between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the British Isles.
Winter storm live tracker: Snowfall maps, current alerts, weather warnings, and more. Weather. Associated Press. Kilauea is spewing lava again. It is the Hawaii volcano's latest activity in an on ...
The municipalities of Iceland (Icelandic: sveitarfélög [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlœːɣ]; sing. sveitarfélag [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlaːɣ]) 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 disabled ...