Iceland 1930

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Identifikator:: 1830571079

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221162

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Iceland 1930

Edition:: 2. ed.

Place of publication:: Reykjavík

Publisher:: Ríkisprentsmiđjan Gutenberg

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 193 S.; Tab., Kt., Taf.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Iceland for tourists

Collection:: Economics Books

[70 a row from the S.W. corner of Vatnajskull for a distance of about 30 km. These were caused by the eruption of 1783, the one which holds the record of being the greatest and the most destructive out- break ever witnessed in Iceland. CAVES Surtshellir and Vidgelmir. These two caves lie some 8 km. apart (see p. 174) and are very similar in size. Each being more than 1500 m. long, over 10 m. high and some 12 m. wide on an average. As to the formation of stalactites and stalagmites, pillars of ice etc. Vidgelmir will probably be found the most interesting of the two. HOT SPRINGS The hot springs in Iceland, or fountains, both of boiling and warm water, are quite innumerable and are found at every possible altitude up to 1500 metres above sea level, among the icefields and down on the coast, where some of them are visible only at low-tide. They are, practically speaking, spread all over the island; at some places there may be seen a solitary spring issuing its vapours, but at other places a whole group, consisting of no less than fifty. At some of the hot springs there are found fairly extensive sulphur deposits, but all such places are situated at a great distance from any good harbour. Neither Great Gepsir nor Strokkur have been active for several years now, but a small geysir called Smidur, lying close by, can al- most invariably be made active if baited with soap, each spout reach- ing the height of 6 to 8 m. Blesi is the name of one of the springs in the Great Geysir group. It is a big twin pool almost boiling and always brimful of transparent blue water of great depth. The hot springs at Repkir, Olfus, are very varied as to form, colour and size, and present quite an interesting sight. Of the geysirs there, the one called Gryla is the most powerful, and spouts occasionally to the height of several metres. RIVERS Several of the Iceland rivers rank among the very best in Europe for salmon fishing. Some of them are also fairly good for char and trout fishing, but many of the lakes are particularly good for these last two. (See Angling pp. 174—176). According to the latest calculations the total amount of water power

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