The Silfra fissure is formed by the drifting apart of two tectonic plates - the North American and the Eurasian and is growing by a few millimeters every year. The crystal-clear water comes as Scjmrlzwasser from the Langjökull glacier.

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Silfra is a fissure between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates in Thingvellir National Park. The rift was formed in 1789 by the earthquakes accompanying the divergent movement of …

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2. Thingvellir National Park – View of the Thingvellir Rift loop from Þingvellir

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3. Thingvellir National Park – Flosagjá Fissure loop from Þingvellir

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Elevation 100 m

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Sunday 8 March

-2°C

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83 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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