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The first thing to notice is that Reykjavik is partly located inside an old volcano. This volcano, named the Videy Volcano (Viðeyjareldstöðin) or sometimes the Kjalarnes Volcano (Kjalarneseldstöðin) .
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Gudmundsson, A. (2017). Reykjavik. In: The Glorious Geology of Iceland's Golden Circle. GeoGuide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55152-4_3
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