The mid ocean ridge systems are the largest ... representatives from Norway, Iceland, Azores,the United Kingdom, IUCN and UNESCO met to review the geological and biological heritage of the MAR in the ...

This Workshop gathered specialists from Norway, Iceland, UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and Nordic World Heritage Foundation to discuss the outlines of a joint nomination, The Mid-Atlantic ... Islands ...

This geologic melodrama is played out almost exclusively under the sea—aside from where the Mid-Atlantic Ridge emerges onto Iceland. In addition to straddling the split between these two plates ...

the valley is one tiny portion of a long seam between tectonic plates that runs the length of the Atlantic Ocean. In Iceland, this seam, called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, takes a brief jog over land ...

Iceland is often called “the land of ... The island lies on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, a very active volcanic zone that powers its geothermal ...