Plate Tectonics Project

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Reykjavik, Iceland

Volcanoes Reykjavik is the capital of

6,952 feet above sea level).

Iceland. The total population is around 200,000.

In the North Atlantic Ocean is where Iceland is located.

The plate tectonically activity for Reykjavik, Iceland is volcanoes. A ridge called the oceanic ridge is splitting Reykjavik. Volcanic and geothermal activity is extensive in Iceland. Recent volcanic origin is about half of Iceland’s land area. This area consists of a mountainous lava desert (with a highest elevation of

Iceland is nearer Greenland (North America) and further away from Europe, although they use Europe for their

Ridge. In Iceland many volcanoes are highly geologically active. The Laki volcanic eruption caused nearly a quarter of the population of the island to be killed.

cultural reasons. Iceland is a

The ongoing recession has hit

part of two plates. The North

Iceland pretty hard. Three of

American and the European

Iceland’s banks crashed. Due

plates. Through volcanism

to the public dissent, the

rifting and accretion was

coalition government collapsed

created where the plates meet

over the handling of the

making the Mid-Atlantic

financial crisis.


Financial crisis. For daily life Iceland is very safe. They are very honest people. It is very quite at nighttime. Their food at restaurants is very expensive. Their main foods are fish, lamb and dairy products. Their main form of transportation is an automobile. For every 1 and half persons there is a car owned. There are no railroads. Iceland does not have a good disaster plan. They are vulnerable and need to learn more about their natural disasters.


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