Welcome! Before we begin, check out this short video I made during my trip to Iceland in February: https://youtu.be/8w9VRmF5GtA

Iceland was formed by the turbulent interactions of the divergent boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates, effectively making it one of the most active volcanic regions on Earth. Volcanism can be attributed to the effect of both Mid-Atlantic Ridge activity and the abundance of hotspot activity present in Iceland.

Because Iceland’s landscapes have been forged by the processes of volcanism, the land contains many miraculous geological phenomenon such as geysers, hot springs, rhyolite mountains, columnar basalt formations, lava fields and lunar-like craters. Further more, subglacial volcanism has created table mountains in northern and southern Iceland.