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Peninsula in northeast Iceland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tjörnes peninsula
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Tjörnes (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈtʰjœrˌnɛːs]) is a peninsula situated at the northeast of Iceland, between the fjords of Öxarfjörður and Skjálfandi. Tjörnes is known for its particularly dense population of Rock Ptarmigan and the rich fossil record of Miocene - Pliocene age.[1][2]
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The submarine volcano
There is a submarine volcano north of Iceland named the Tjornes Fracture Zone. It is a series of underwater fissure vents that last erupted in 1868.
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