It so happens that the most remote active lighthouse can be found in the Nordic island nation of Iceland, probably the quietest country on Earth. Also considered the world's safest place to visit ...

Videos and still images shared to social media authentically showed Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological feature located on an island in Iceland. For years, social media users have shared ...

Unexpectedly because – vast number of puffins aside – Heimaey's main claim to fame is its part in two of the biggest disasters in Iceland's history. The first, in the 17th century, entailed ...

Eifel Kreutz, Maine, 2021 Standing at nearly 38 feet, the Stafnes Lighthouse on the coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland boasts a distinct orange hue and rectangular shape. Harita Sistu ...

Iceland's remote Westland Islands are home to ... New York Times The largest of these islands is called Heimaey. It covers about five square miles and is the only inhabited island with a ...

Iceland's head of Civil Protection and Emergency Management, told reporters. The method was used in 1973, when a fissure erupted just 150 metres from the town centre on the island of Heimaey ...

The six volcanic systems, which experts forecast will be active for up to three centuries, stretch under Iceland's southwestern ... walls on the island of Heimaey when a 1973 eruption ravaged ...

In 1973, a fissure started spouting molten red lava on Heimaey, the largest of Iceland's Westman Islands. Currently, within the Reykjanes Peninsula, it is estimated that the magma is now sitting ...

Northern Lights, also called Aurora Borealis, illuminate the night sky over Reykjanes Lighthouse and Gunnuhver Hot Springs near the town of Grindavik, Iceland, Nov. 19, 2023. Marko Djurica/Reuters ...