Heimaey Heimaey (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheiːmaˌeiː] ), is an Icelandic island. At 13.4 square kilometres (5.2 sq mi), it is the largest island in...
10 KB (988 words) - 09:50, 7 October 2024
Eldfell (section Heimaey since the eruption)
the Icelandic island of Heimaey. It formed in a volcanic eruption which began without warning on the eastern side of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands,...
32 KB (4,240 words) - 05:36, 10 September 2024
municipality and archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. The largest island, Heimaey, has a population of 4,414, most of whom live in the archipelago's main...
31 KB (2,536 words) - 03:02, 20 August 2024
Heimaey Stave Church (Stafkirkjan) is a close replica of Haltdalen stave church situated in the Skansinn area of the harbour of Vestmannaeyjabær on Heimaey...
6 KB (551 words) - 21:34, 23 May 2023
turbulent ocean conditions. During the sinking of their boat, off the coast of Heimaey in Vestmannaeyjar, Guðlaugur and two out of four other companions climbed...
5 KB (496 words) - 19:04, 16 November 2023
Rock (Icelandic: Fíllinn) is a natural rock formation on the island of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands archipelago. It is made of basalt rock formed in...
1 KB (121 words) - 23:43, 8 September 2024
Vestmannaeyjar also produced the famous eruption of Eldfell on the island of Heimaey in 1973. The eruption that created Surtsey also created a few other small...
32 KB (3,794 words) - 09:38, 19 September 2024
Vestmannaeyjar Airport (redirect from Heimaey Airport)
(IATA: VEY, ICAO: BIVM) is a two-runway airport on the island of Heimaey, in Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands), a small archipelago off the south...
10 KB (822 words) - 11:27, 13 September 2024
volcanic cone on the island of Heimaey. It formed in a volcanic eruption which began without warning on the eastern side of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands,...
221 KB (17,025 words) - 08:34, 9 September 2024
10 June 1967, and grew up in a family of six children on the island of Heimaey. His father ran a business repairing fishing nets. Heimir originally studied...
23 KB (1,587 words) - 02:04, 23 September 2024