Portal:Iceland/Selected panorama

Usage

The template used to format these sub-pages is located at {{Selected picture}}. Old one is at Portal:Iceland/Selected panorama/Layout.

  1. Add a new selected panorama to the next available subpage.
  2. Update "max=" to new total for its {{Random portal component}} on the main page.

Nominations

Feel free to add any featured panoramas to the list above. You can also nominate other panoramas relating to Iceland here.

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Ásbyrgi Iceland
Credit: Kilmer
Ásbyrgi canyon—an enormous, horseshoe-shaped depression, part of the Jökulsárgljúfur National Park—lies in the north of Iceland, about two hours' drive to the east from Akureyri.

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Panorama of Hvanneyri i Borgarfjörður, Iceland.
Credit: Jóna Þórunn Ragnarsdóttir
Hvanneyri is an Icelandic settlement with a population of 303 (as of December 1, 2007).

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Panorama Blönduós, Iceland
Credit: TommyBee
Blönduós is a small settlement in northwestern Iceland in the county of Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, 245 km from Reykjavík.

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Reykjavik
Credit: Paul Gaimard
"Third view in panorama of Reykjavík, catch of the mill. They see, in the distance, the temple and the school of Bessastadir, the ancient ownership of famous Snorri Sturluson there."

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Reykjavík
Credit: Paul Gaimard
"First seen in panorama of Reykjavík, catch of the mill; in the bottom, the mount Esjan and the island Videy."

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Mývatn from Höfdi nature park
Credit: Kilmer
Mývatn is a shallow eutrophic lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, not far from Krafla volcano.

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Mývatn
Credit: Debivort
Surrounding Mývatn are the calderas Gæsafjöll, Krafla, Vinderbelgjarfjall, Hverfjall, Búrfell, and Bláfjall.

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Ridge (1188m) along the north slope of Öxnadalur,
Credit: Debivort
Öxnadalur is situated in Tröllaskagi, a mountainous peninsula with several peaks reaching over 1000 meters above sea level.

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Panorama of Grábrókarhraun
Credit: Debivort
Bifröst is surrounded by a 3,000 year old lavafield, Grábrókarhraun, which has been overgrown with moss and heather.

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Goðafoss
Credit: Debivort
The Goðafoss is a waterfall in which the water of the river Skjálfandafljót falls from a height of 12 meters over a width of 30 meters.

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Mývatn, edged with pseudocraters, looking northeast
Credit: Debivort
By repeated explosions in a number of locations, groups of craters have built up and now dominate the landscape on the shore of Lake Mývatn and also form some of the islands in the lake.

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