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The Hengill active central volcano and surroundings are remote
in the sense that one needs a superjeep to access the area if a
very long walk is to be ommitted. The area is set with numerous
high-temperature fields with steam vents, geysirs and boiling mud-pots.
The area is evidently still active whereas the last volcanic eruption
occurred in ca. 100AD.
The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Plant is a located within the Hengill
Volcanic System. The plant supplies Reykjavík with some of
the hot water needed for the population; both for daily use and
to heat up buildings and houses in the Greater Reykjavík
Area.
The view from the highest part, called Ölkelduhals, and the
Bitrugígur volcanic crater is breathtaking and inspiring.
In one sweep one can scout the whole Þingvellir area, several
ice caps and glaciers, the Mt. Hekla volcano, the awaking Katla
and Eyjafjallajökul volcanos, the Southern lowlands (where
large
earthquakes ocurred in 2000) and the Vestmanneyjar Islands,
11-25 km off the coast.
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