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Þingvellir National Park -- where tectonic plates meet AND Vikings met

This is also where the world's oldest parliament met. Þingvellir is where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are separating in a series of huge cracks, one of which has been filled by the Öxarár River, emptying into Þingvallavatn Lake.

 

Þingvellir, Iceland

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Uploaded on October 13, 2019
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