Þingvellir
Also known as Thingvellir National Park
930
landscape
Þingvellir is a rift-valley landscape on the western edge of the Icelandic interior that doubles as the founding site of the Icelandic commonwealth. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge runs through the park, pulling the North American and Eurasian…
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Timeline
- 1930
Þingvellir was protected as Iceland's first national park to mark the millennium of the Alþing assembly.
- 2004
The national park was enlarged in conjunction with the UNESCO World Heritage inscription of the cultural landscape.
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- Andreas Tille · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878, artist · Public domain
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- William Jackson Hooker · Public domain
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