Category: Vestmannaeyjar
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Elephant Rock -Heimaey – Vestmannaeyjar – Iceland
Heimaey is the largest and is the only one of the islands that is inhabited. The island was first settled in 930 A.D., although some sources (with evidence supporting) claim that fishing village had been established there 300 years earlier and that, by that time, Irish monks had already been to Heimaey, too.
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Elephant Rock -Heimaey – Vestmannaeyjar – Iceland
The Westman Islands also known as Vestmannaeyjar, were formed in a series of volcanic eruptions occurring under sea level. This is quite common in Iceland and its surrounding areas as the island is located right at the schism between two continental plates. Subsequently, there’s a lot of earthquakes and eruptions. Heimaey is the largest and…
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