Kolbeinsey
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kolbeinn's Isle, Seagull Rock, Mevenklint, Mevenklip, Meeuw Steen
Kolbeinsey (; also known as '''Kolbeinn's Isle, Seagull Rock, Mevenklint, Mevenklip, or Meeuw Steen') is a small Icelandic islet in the Greenland Sea located off the northern coast of Iceland, north-northwest of the island of Grímsey. It is the northernmost point of Iceland and lies north of the Arctic Circle. The islet is named after Kolbeinn Sigmundarson, from Kolbeinsdalur in Skagafjörður, who according to Svarfdæla saga'' is said to have broken his ship there and died with his men.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Kolbeinsey
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- Kolbeinsey Aerial 2020.jpg
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- Eroded remnants of the island in 2020
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- North Atlantic
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- Greenland Sea
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- 0.0145
- Islands.width_km
- 0.02
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- Iceland
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- 0
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Kolbeinsey (; also known as '''Kolbeinn's Isle, Seagull Rock, Mevenklint, Mevenklip, or Meeuw Steen') is a small Icelandic islet in the Greenland Sea located off the northern coast of Iceland, north-northwest of the island of Grímsey. It is the northernmost point of Iceland and lies north of the Arctic Circle. The islet is named after Kolbeinn Sigmundarson, from Kolbeinsdalur in Skagafjörður, who according to Svarfdæla saga is said to have broken his ship there and died with his men.
A basalt landform, devoid of vegetation, Kolbeinsey is subject to rapid wave erosion and is expected to disappear in the near future. Erosion rate data from 1994 suggested that this would happen around 2020. In August 2020, English YouTuber Tom Scott published a video confirming the continued existence of the island, with two skerries still visible at low tide. , two small skerries remained visible at low tide.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kolbeinsey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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