Grímsey
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Grímsey is a small Icelandic island, 40 kilometres off the north coast of the main island of Iceland, where it straddles the Arctic Circle. Grímsey is also known for the puffins and other sea birds wh
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Orbis et Globus sphere on Grimsey Island to mark Arctic Circle
Grímsey coastline
Older Monument to Arctic Circle on Grímsey
Kolbeinsey
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Kolbeinsey is a small Icelandic islet in the Greenland Sea located 105 kilometres off the northern coast of Iceland, 74 km north-northwest of the island of Grímsey. It is the northernmost point of Ice
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…is accessible by regular ferry and air passenger service. Grímsey is the northernmost inhabited Icelandic territory; the rapidly disappearing islet of Kolbeinsey lies some 60 km (30 nmi) farther north, but has never been habitable. The closest land is the coastal island of Flatey, Skjálfandi, 39.4 km (21.3 nmi…
Eroded remnants of the island in 2020
Kolbeinsey seen near the horizon from the deck of RV Knorr, 2011