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Vestmannaeyjar

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Vestmannaeyjar destination photograph: Roca del elefante, Heimaey, Islas Vestman, Suðurland, Islandia, 2014-08-17, DD 036.JPG
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original photo and creditsDisplayed crop; open the original to see the complete photograph.

A first look at Vestmannaeyjar

Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands) is a town on the island of Heimaey. Heimaey is the largest of 15–18 islands in the Westman Islands archipelago, just off the south-west coast of Iceland's mainland. Vestmannaeyjar has a population of around 4,200. Many visitors are attracted to the island in order to discover the effects of the 1973 volcanic eruption. An interactive…

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