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... erupted that very year . A fireball of a terrific nature was cast up during the eruption of Kötlugjá , in 1755 . Hurricanes and whirlwinds traverse Iceland with great rapidity and with enormous violence . One is mentioned in the Gisla ...
... erupted that very year . A fireball of a terrific nature was cast up during the eruption of Kötlugjá , in 1755 . Hurricanes and whirlwinds traverse Iceland with great rapidity and with enormous violence . One is mentioned in the Gisla ...
Page 22
... eruptions have taken place , eleven times since the colonization of the island . One jagged prong of rock rising from the waves at the farthest seaward point of Reykjanes is called the Kerl , pro- nounced Kedtle , and means " Old man ...
... eruptions have taken place , eleven times since the colonization of the island . One jagged prong of rock rising from the waves at the farthest seaward point of Reykjanes is called the Kerl , pro- nounced Kedtle , and means " Old man ...
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... eruptions in the sea have obliged them to desert their favourite haunt . This Auk used also to be found on S. Kilda , accord- ing to an old description of that islet , by a Mr. Martin , who visited it in 1697 , and who says , " The sea ...
... eruptions in the sea have obliged them to desert their favourite haunt . This Auk used also to be found on S. Kilda , accord- ing to an old description of that islet , by a Mr. Martin , who visited it in 1697 , and who says , " The sea ...
Page 70
... erupted volcanic matter . On a height at no great distance from the lake , near the spot where the Oxerá leaves the Gjá , is the Hill of Laws , situated between two rifts , the Nikolása and Flossa chasms , so called because into one ...
... erupted volcanic matter . On a height at no great distance from the lake , near the spot where the Oxerá leaves the Gjá , is the Hill of Laws , situated between two rifts , the Nikolása and Flossa chasms , so called because into one ...
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... Skjaldbreith . That the valley produces grass now and is full of hot springs , I do not pretend to assert , as there took place an eruption from Ball Jökull , of • which Geitland's is a spur , in 1716 , 92 AMONG THE JÖKULLS .
... Skjaldbreith . That the valley produces grass now and is full of hot springs , I do not pretend to assert , as there took place an eruption from Ball Jökull , of • which Geitland's is a spur , in 1716 , 92 AMONG THE JÖKULLS .
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