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Snæfellsbær is a ___MASK33___ located in western Iceland , in the southwestern ___MASK63___ of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula Its administrative centre is Hellissandur and the majority of the residents live in Ólafsvík then Hellissandur and Rif . Reykjavík is the ___MASK35___ and largest ___MASK65___ of Iceland . It has a latitude of 64 ° 08 ' N , making it the world ' s northernmost ___MASK35___ of a sovereign state , and is a popular tourist destination . It is located in southwestern Iceland , on the southern shore of Faxa Bay . With a population of around 130 , 000 ( and over 200 , 000 in the Capital Region ), it is the heart of Iceland ' s cultural , economic and governmental activity . Borgarfjörður is a ___MASK7___ in the west of Iceland near the ___MASK38___ of Borgarnes . Although the waters of Borgarfjörður appear calm , the ___MASK7___ has significant undercurrents and shallows . The many flat islands lying in the ___MASK7___ are for the most ___MASK63___ uninhabited . A lava ___MASK80___ , also called a lava plain or lava bed , is a large expanse of nearly flat - lying lava flows . Such features are generally composed of highly fluid basalt lava , and can extend for tens or even hundreds of miles across the underlying terrain . The extent of large lava fields is most readily grasped from the air or in satellite photos , where their typically dark , nearly black color contrasts sharply with the rest of the landscape . According to the US Geological Survey , monogenetic volcanic fields are collections of cinder cones , and / or Maar vents and associated lava flows and pyroclastic deposits . Sometimes a stratovolcano is at the center of the ___MASK80___ , as at the San Francisco Volcanic ___MASK80___ in Arizona . Monogenetic volcano fields have systematic growth patterns that suggest they represent ___MASK77___ magmatic systems in the same way that stratovolcanoes do , but monogenetic volcanoes grow laterally rather than vertically ( Wood and Shoan , 1984 ). Detailed mapping indicates that some cinder cones in monogenetic fields ( e . g ., Cima , California , and Timber Mountain Volcanic ___MASK80___ , Nevada ) may have had multiple eruptions separated by tens to hundreds of thousands of years ( Wells , et al ., 1989 ). Thus , some monogenetic cones may actually be polygenetic . This possibility differs from observations of historic eruptions ( Wood , 1979 ), and is physically difficult to understand because cinder cone conduits are narrow and must solidify within a few years of eruption . Nonetheless , such multiple eruptions appear to have happened at least twice : Other cinder cones need to be closely reexamined . Lava is the molten ___MASK44___ expelled by a volcano during an eruption . The resulting ___MASK44___ after solidification and cooling is also called " lava ". The molten ___MASK44___ is formed in the interior of some planets , including Earth , and some of their satellites . The source of the heat that melts the ___MASK44___ within the earth is geothermal energy . When first erupted from a volcanic vent , lava is a ___MASK37___ usually at temperatures from . Ólafsvík is a small ___MASK38___ in Iceland on the northern side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula . At one ___MASK86___ in the 17th and 18th centuries , commercial vessels sailed between Ólafsvík and Denmark , and the village was one of the larger trading ports in Iceland . Ólafsvík became a certified trading place , authorized by the Danish ___MASK91___ and Danish authorities , in 1687 . An ___MASK46___ country is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands . As of 2011 , 46 ( approximately 24 %) of the 193 UN ___MASK31___ states are ___MASK46___ countries . The ___MASK84___ ___MASK43___ , together with its northern extension towards Europe , the North Atlantic Drift , is a powerful , warm , and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the ___MASK84___ of Mexico and stretches to the tip of Florida , and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean . The process of western intensification causes the ___MASK84___ ___MASK43___ to be a northward accelerating current off the east coast of North America . At about , it splits in two , with the northern ___MASK43___ , the North Atlantic Drift , crossing to Northern Europe and the southern ___MASK43___ , the Canary Current , recirculating off West Africa . The ___MASK10___ of Iceland , " Lýðveldið Ísland " in Icelandic , is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean . It has a population of and an area of , making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe . The ___MASK35___ and largest ___MASK65___ is Reykjavík . Reykjavík and the surrounding areas in the southwest of the country are home to over two - thirds of the population . Iceland is volcanically and geologically active . The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields , mountains and glaciers , while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands . Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate , despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle . Its high latitude and marine influence still keeps summers chilly , with most of the archipelago having a tundra climate . In physical ___MASK76___ , tundra is a type of biome where the ___MASK72___ growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons . The term " tundra " comes through Russian  (" tûndra ") from the Kildin Sami word " tndâr " " uplands ", " treeless mountain tract ". There are three types of tundra : Arctic tundra , alpine tundra , and Antarctic tundra . In tundra , the vegetation is composed of dwarf shrubs , sedges and grasses , mosses , and lichens . Scattered trees grow in some tundra regions . The ecotone ( or ecological boundary region ) between the tundra and the forest is known as the ___MASK72___ line or timberline . The Snæfellsnes is a ___MASK56___ situated to the west of Borgarfjörður , in western Iceland . Europe is a ___MASK57___ that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " ___MASK57___ " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the ___MASK57___ ' s current overland boundaries . Hellissandur is a ___MASK39___ and ___MASK63___ of the Snæfellsbær municipality at the northwestern tip of Snæfellsnes peninsula in western Iceland . Once an important fishing area , the ___MASK39___ has recently experienced growth in tourism . The maritime museum has examples of the turf roof houses once common across Iceland , as well as marine engines and Iceland ' s oldest rowing boat ( 1826 ) . According to the 2011 census , Hellissandur and nearby Rif have 544 inhabitants . One of the points of interest near Hellissandur is the Snæfellsjökull glacier , made famous by Jules Verne in his Journey to the Center of the Earth . Just outside the ___MASK39___ , there is the northern entrance to the Snæfellsjökull National Park , which surrounds the western and southern sides of the glacier . Nearby is the 412 metre tall Gufuskálar radio mast , the tallest structure in Western Europe , located 2 kilometres westward .