Ásbyrgi
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Ásbyrgi (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a glacial canyon and forest in the north of Iceland, located approximately Script error: No such module "convert". east of Húsavík on the Diamond Circle road. The horseshoe-shaped depression is part of the Vatnajökull National Park and measures approximately 3.5 km in length and over 1 km wide.[1] For more than half of its length, the canyon is divided through the middle by a distinctive rock formation 25 meters high called Eyjan (Script error: No such module "IPA"., "the Island"), from which a vast landscape is seen.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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Ásbyrgi was most likely formed by catastrophic glacial flooding of the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum after the last ice age, first 8–10,000 years ago, and then again some 3,000 years ago. The river has since changed its course and now runs about 2 km to the east.
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References
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External links
- Photos
- Pictures from Ásbyrgi www.islandsmyndir.is
- Official Website of Vatnajökull National Park
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