From new luxurious geothermal spas to cliff-edge fjord viewing platforms, our expert shares how to explore Iceland in the ...

Depending on the place, travelers can take lava boat tours, hop helicopter trips over calderas, surf down the slopes of a ...

This tectonic boundary, formed by the North American and Eurasian plates, is thought to have ... the researchers have found striking similarities between Iceland and Africa’s volcanic Afar ...

Iceland is a country of extremes ... it’s a robust and accessible insight into rift systems, hotspots and tectonic plates. On this road trip, you can find local gems just five minutes off ...

Silfra Fissure in Iceland, located in Þingvellir National Park, offers a unique opportunity to swim or snorkel between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. The water's exceptional ...

Our goal over the next week is to take you on a tour of Iceland's natural ... where you can stand between two continental plates. The North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet in the ...

Iceland sits on the mid-Atlantic Ridge, a hotspot of geological activity where tectonic plates diverge ... "The swarm is between Sýlingarfell and Stóra-Skógfell, in a similar area seen prior ...

You can't miss this if you go to Iceland!!!" Though the sight ... "It's a pretty unique experience to physically walk between two tectonic plates, so it's definitely worth taking your time and ...

“One of Iceland’s great folk anti-heroes ... This is the only place on Earth where you can walk between two tectonic plates. Thingvellir’s significance isn’t only geological, but ...

And there was another town, Sefidabeh, sandwiched between two deserts (one named ... crust – a rocky skin broken into slow-drifting tectonic plates that fit together like puzzle pieces.

Iceland lies along a giant seam in Earth's crust running roughly down the middle of the North and South Atlantic Oceans. The seam is marked by a ~10,000-foot-high undersea mountain range known as the ...

8. Thingvellir National Park: At Thingvellir National Park, walk between the tectonic plates of North America and Europe at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. As Iceland’s first national park and a UNESCO ...