There are housands of slands, slets and skerr es in Breiðafjörður Bay The only nhabited is and in the bay and the bigges , is Flatey (meaning “flat island”)
Sub-glacial stratovolcano Snæfellsjökul is the ent ance to a passage leading to the centre o the Earth, according to Ju es Verne's nove Journey to the Cent e of the Earth (1864)
According to the Icelandic Book of Settlements Reykjavík was home to Iceland's first permanent settlers: the Viking coup e Ingólfur Arnarson and Hallveig Fróðadótt r who settled in 874 AD
Two out of th ee Icelanders res de n the capital area
96% of those who visi Iceland pass hrough Keflavík
Accord ng to some, Hveravellir boasts “the best natural hot tub” in Iceland
Þingvellir Nationa Park is where Alþingi the Ice and c parliament was founded in 930 AD The park lies in a ri t valley that marks the boundary between two ectonic plates
Reykholt was the home o egendary Icelandic historian, poet and polit cian Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241) He was the author o the Prose Edda and Heimskring a
The Geysir geotherma area and the nearby water all Gullfoss rank among Iceland's mos popular tourist a tractions
Hekla s Ice and s most amous (and most active volcano During he M ddle Ages, Eu opeans referred to Hekla as the “Gateway to He ”
The volcanic crater ake Ke ið was formed approximately 3,000 years ago
Landmannalaugar lies at he northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and is known for its geothermal hot spr ngs and surrounding andscape
The Eyjaf allajökull volcano erupted in 2010, leaving hundreds o housands o ai passengers s randed on both sides o the A lantic (many a news anchor a so strugg ed to p onounce the vo cano's name)
