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Iceland: Vik

Iceland’s Southernmost Point

This black sand beach is rated among the world’s ten best. It’s not for swimming, though.

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A Notable Beach

Although Vík has only 291 inhabitants, it is strategically located just west of the great Vatnajökull outwash plain and is the staging point for the Westmann Islands just offshore.

The church is the only place in VĂ­k that would be a safe refuge if an eruption of Katla were to produce a lahar from suddenly melting glaciers
This field of Nootka lupine was imported from Alaska to stabilize the eroding beach
Sea stacks just offshore
The tall Haidrangur sea stack, with circling seabirds
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