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The Snæfellsnes peninsula is situated to the west of the Borgarfjörður in the west of Iceland.
Its landscape is very beautiful and it has been called Iceland en miniature, because most of the sights of the country are also to be found here.
Especially the volcano Snæfellsjökull can be regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland. With its height of 1446m, it is the highest mountain on the peninsula and has a glacier (= jökull in Icelandic) on its top. The volcano can be seen on clear days from Reykjavík over a distance of about 120 km. The mountain is also famous because of the novel "Journey to the center of the earth" of the French author Jules Verne.
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People believing in esoteric think the volcano to be the center of a special field of powers.
Around the Snæfellsjökull, the government of Iceland has installed Snæfellsjökull National Park.
There are some nice fishing villages and small towns on the northern shore of Snæfellsnes: Ólafsvík, Grundarfjörður, Stykkishólmur and Búðardalur.
Near Hellissandur, there is the tallest construction of Western Europe, the Longwave radio mast Hellissandur.
See also
External links
- Information on the national park (http://english.ust.is/Snaefellsjokullnationalpark/)
- Photo Kirkjufell near Grundarfjörður (http://www.eas.ualberta.ca/elj/icepics/kirk.htm)
- Photo Berserkjahraun (http://www.eas.ualberta.ca/elj/icepics/berserk1.htm)
- Photo: On the road from Stykkisholmur to Grundarfjörður (http://www.eas.ualberta.ca/elj/icepics/47-08.htm)de:Snæfellsnes