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SnfellsnesThe Snfellsnes peninsula is situated to the west of the Borgarfjrur in the west of Iceland. Its landscape is very beautiful and it has been called Iceland en miniature, because most of the sights of the country are also to be found here. Especially the volcano Snfellsjkull can be regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland. With its height of 1446m, it is the highest mountain on the peninsula and has a glacier (= jkull in Icelandic) on its top. The volcano can be seen on clear days from Reykjavk over a distance of about 120 km. The mountain is also famous because of the novel "Journey to the center of the earth" of the French author Jules Verne. People believing in esoteric think the volcano to be the center of a special field of powers. Around the Snfellsjkull, the government of Iceland has installed Snfellsjkull National Park. There are some nice fishing villages and small towns on the northern shore of Snfellsnes: lafsvk, Grundarfjrur, Stykkishlmur and Bardalur. See also External links
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