Vestmannaeyjar
Also known as Vestmann Islands
Vestmannaeyjar (, sometimes anglicised as Westman Islands) is a municipality and archipelago off the south coast of Iceland.
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Vestmannaeyjar is a group of islands (called an archipelago) located off the southern coast of Iceland that together form a municipality, or local government area. The islands are notable enough to have an anglicized English name—the Westman Islands—and represent an important part of Iceland's geography and settlements.
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- Locality
- Vestmannaeyjabær
- Region
- South
- Country
- Ísland
- Population
- 4,219
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Vestmannaeyjar (, sometimes anglicised as Westman Islands) is a municipality and archipelago off the south coast of Iceland.
The largest island, Heimaey, has a population of 4,414, most of whom live in the archipelago's main town, Vestmannaeyjabær. The other islands are uninhabited, although six have single hunting cabins. Vestmannaeyjar came to international attention in 1973 with the eruption of the Eldfell volcano, which destroyed many buildings and forced a month-long evacuation of the entire population to mainland Iceland. Approximately one-fifth of the town was destroyed before the lava flow was halted by the application of of cold seawater.
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