International evening “Meet the world”: Ísland

International evening

“Meet the world”: Ísland

Þorkell Gíslason and

Mihkel Järveoja

Domus Dorpatensis, Tartu 2012

Dýrafjörður in the Westfjords

Kaldbakur (998 m) – highest peak in the Westfjords

Ísafjörður – largest town in the Westfjords (ca 3000 inhabitants)

Fossavatn Ski Marathon

50 km course profile

Cake buffet after the race

ASKJA VOLCANO AND INTERIOR HIGHLANDS

Central highlands rock deserts

Hérðubreið tuya-type (flat-topped, steep-sided) volcano (1682 m)

Lake Víti and Askja caldera

VESTMANNAEYAR ARCHIPELAGO

Entrance to Heimaey harbour

Photo: Olle Järv

Heimaey town (4500 people and millions of puffins)

Photo: Olle Järv

Lavaflow and colours of the 1973 eruption of Eldfell

Heimaey eruption in 1973

National Geographic Magazine cover 1973 vol 144

EAST-FJORDS AND KÁRAHNJÚKAR

HYDROELECTRIC PLANT

SOUTH-COAST GLACIERS

Lagoon in the South-Coast

Coastal areas

Vatnajökull outlet glaciers in Skaftafell

Road nr 1 in the Eastfjords

Reyðarfjörður town and aluminium smelter in the Eastfjords

Kárahnjúkar dam (193 m tall, 730 m long) and canyon of Jökulsá á Brú river

ngsprints.co.uk

Vol 468, 18. november 2010

16.04.2010 Cartoon in Estonian newspaper (U. Nemvalts)

Horisont (popular science magazine) 6/2010

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