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Map images are taken from: Haukur Jóhannesson and Kristján Sæmundsson, 1998, The Geologic Map of Iceland, 1:500,000 scale.
This map is reproduced courtesy of the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, co-host of the Volcano/Ice Interaction on Earth and Mars conference.
Langjokull and Vatnajokull
Looking to Myrdalsjokull glacier and Katla, from the stone cairns of Herjolfsstadabrot
Hjorleifshofdi submarine tuya, Myrdalssandur outwash plain
Skógasandur outwash plains, view south
The river Skafta, still swollen at the tail end of a modest jokulhlaup. Basalt columns from a lava flow erupted during the Eldgja eruption.
Hyaloclastic ridges of Veidivotn-Bardarbunga volcanic system
