MPEG Movies of Ísland

(Iceland)

	Seljalandsfoss, southern Island (Iceland), October 1986. MPEG-1 Movies, 3 megabits per second encoding. Websize (1.9 Megabytes) Fullsize (6.5 Megabytes)
	Skogafoss, southern Island (Iceland), October 1986 MPEG-1 Movies, 3 megabits per second encoding. Websize (2.2 Megabytes) Fullsize (12 Megabytes)

Some definitions:

Reyk

Smoke or steam

vík (veek)

harbor or inlet

nes

Peninsula

Þing (Thing)

The collection of representatives meeting to govern (Parliament)

vel

A valley or dale.

examples:

• Reykjavík means a "harbor with or full of steam or smoke" which describes the many natural hot springs in the area.
• Reykjanes means "steamy peninsula".
• Þingvellir means "Parliament Valley"

Links

• http://www.centrum.is DAILY NEWS FROM ICELAND
• http://www.diafade.co.uk/john/torfa.html Iceland: Torfajökull