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Iceland

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Travel to Iceland travel

Iceland stranded in the middle of the North Atlantic. This rocky island of amazing landscapes and bold activities is one of the hottest travel destinations around. With its tremendously gorgeous and immense landscapes, Iceland is a great place to enjoy some spectacular raw nature. The Icelandic attractive scenery is one of diversity and contrast, offering incredible vistas. There are appealing glaciers and volcanoes, amazing waterfalls and fjords, striking hot springs and lava fields. From the rugged cliffs of the Westfjörds to the black sand deserts of the Highlands, this blend of nice landscape features is absolutely one of a kind.

Diving in Iceland

As far as the best scuba diving in Iceland goes, it doesn’t get more renowned than Silfra fissure. It’s the only place in the earth where you can dive between two tectonic plates — the North American and Eurasian plates — as they drift apart. In the north of Iceland, Strytan is the only place in the earth where you can dive next to a hydrothermal vent, which is generally miles down in the sea. There are diverse species of jellyfish, and big shoals of cod and pollock continuously circle around the vents. If you’re very fortunate you may spot a humpback whale.

Diving regions in Iceland (3)

Eyjafjörður Hydrothermal Vents (Strýtan)

A protected hydrothermal-vent diving region in Eyjafjörður, North Iceland, centred on Strýtan, the only accessible hydrothermal chimney divers can visit worldwide, and the nearby Arnarnesstrýtur vent field.

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Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands)

A young volcanic archipelago off Iceland's south coast offering boat diving among lava walls, sea caverns and drift reefs, shaped by eruptions over the past 10,000-12,000 years including the birth of Surtsey.

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Þingvellir National Park (Silfra-Davíðsgjá Rift)

A rift-valley diving region in Þingvellir National Park, where fissures between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates flood the northern shore of Lake Þingvallavatn with glacier-filtered spring water of exce...

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Dive centers in Iceland (1)

Country info

Capital
Reykjavík
Region
Europe
Subregion
Northern Europe
Population
334.300
Area
103.000 km2
Currency
Icelandic króna (ISK)
Languages
Íslenska
Time zones
UTC
Dialing code
+354
Demonym
Icelander
Top-Level-Domain
.is
Staatenbuende
European Free Trade Association