Tag: Fjallabak
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Icelandic Adventures
Iceland (September 1999) For a country as small as Iceland, the capital city of Reykjavík and its suburbs felt much larger than one would expect. Hallgrímskirkja, a tall church sitting atop a hill, dominated the otherwise low-slung skyline. Corrugated iron protected historic homes near the harbor from cold rain and steady wind. Tjörnin (literally “the…
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Northernmost and Southernmost World Capitals
Twelve Mile Circle likes to deal with the extremes in geography. So the current topic continues with that theme, the national capitals that are closest to the north and south poles. Northernmost The title for northernmost national capital goes to Reykjavík, Iceland, at 64 degrees north. That’s just a couple of degrees short of the…