VESTMANNAEYJAR

vĕstˈmänäāˌyär, group of 15 small islands, c.10 mi (16 km) S of Iceland. In English they are known as the Westman Islands. The largest and most populous is Heimaey [home island]. The people live by fishing, fowling, and farming; great colonies of gannets and other waterfowl breed in these islands. The chief town is Vestmannaeyjar (1993 pop. 4,886) on Heimaey. In 1627, Algerian pirates ravaged the islands and carried nearly 300 people into slavery. In 1963 a volcanic eruption created the island of Surtsey. The eruption of a volcano on Heimaey in 1973 damaged Vestmannaeyjar and curtailed the fishing industry.

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books on: Vestmannaeyjar  - 14 results

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1.
Volcanoes: An Introduction
Book by Alwyn Scarth; UCL Press, 1994
Subjects: Volcanoes
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A History of Icelandic Literature
Book by Daisy Neijmann; University of Nebraska Press, 2006
Subjects: Icelandic Literature--History And Criticism
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A History of the Vikings
Book by T. D. Kendrick; Charles Scribners Sons, 1930
Subjects: Vikings
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The Atlantic: A History of an Ocean
Book by Leonard Outhwaite; Coward McCann, 1957
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
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Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster
Book by Keith Smith; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Disasters, Environmental Risk Assessment, Natural Disasters
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magazine articles on: Vestmannaeyjar  - 3 results

 
 
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Near North: There Have Always Been Good Reasons to Visit Iceland's Exotic Desolation, but Next Year Will Bring a Few New Ones
Magazine article by Cullen Murphy; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 284, December 1999
Subjects: Iceland--Description and travel
...old hotels in Reykjavik, a venerable Art Deco adornment on Parliament Square--we took a thirty-five-minute flight to the Vestmannaeyjar, the Westmann Islands, a volcanic archipelago off Icelands southern coast. Most of the other people on the plane were Icelandic...
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Underweight, Wheezing and Infected: Whales Have Health Problems Too
Magazine article by Saundra Middleton; UN Chronicle, Vol. 36, Spring 1999
Subjects: Animal welfare--Finance, Killer whale--Diseases
...Keiko received a clean bill of health from an independent team of vets early in 1998 and was flown to his new home in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, on 9 September 1998. "Keiko is swimming faster and stronger. He is staying under water longer. He appears to...
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The near North: There Have Always Been Good Reasons to Visit Iceland's Exotic Desolation, but Next Year Will Bring a Few New Ones
Magazine article by Cullen Murphy; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 284, December 1999
Subjects: Iceland--Description and travel
...old hotels in Reykjavik, a venerable Art Deco adornment on Parliament Square-we took a thirty-five-minute flight to the Vestmannaeyjar, the Westmann Islands, a volcanic archipelago off Icelands southern coast. Most of the other people on the plane were Icelandic...


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newspaper articles on: Vestmannaeyjar  - 6 results

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A Visit to Iceland's Small Island of Fire
Newspaper article by John Mccaslin; The Washington Times, August 28, 1999
...Fifteen islands in all make up Vestmannaeyjar, or the Westman Islands. Heimaey...while a fierce offshore storm tied Vestmannaeyjars large fishing fleet and fishermen...produced a puffin from a cage at the Vestmannaeyjar Aquarium and Museum of Natural History...
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Football: Gardner: Let's Go on a Glory Run like Pars Stars of '70
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 12, 2004
...94 Cup Winners Cup Aberdeen 7 Valur Reykjavik 0 1995/96 UEFA Cup Raith Rovers 3 IA Akranes 2 1999/00 UEFA Cup Kilmarnock 2 KR Reykjavik 1 2000/01 UEFA Cup Hearts 5 IBV Vestmannaeyjar 0 PARS OUT: Alex Edwards missed penalty against Anderlecht
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Roeder Quick to Size Up Euro Bid
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), May 20, 2006
...are just one game into their season in Icelands Premier League. Keflavik started their season with a 2-1 defeat against Vestmannaeyjar but would be strong favourites to beat Dugannon, while Lillestrom in turn should have no problems overcoming the men from...
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The Iceman Who Has Made Portsmouth Hot for Europe; FORCE FIELD: Hermann Hreidarsson (Left) Believes Portsmouth Can Go All the Way in the FA Cup (Far Left) and Reach Europe
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 2, 2008
Subjects: Professional soccer
...Hreidarsson, 34 inJuly, has experienced the peaks and troughs since his arrival in Englishfootball from Icelandic club IBV Vestmannaeyjar. For the moment, he is playing the most consistent football of his career in thevery best team he has played for, although...
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Football: Rangers Stroll to Euro Victory; Rangers 3 Haka 0 (Aggreg 7-1)
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), August 5, 1999
...Haifa win on away goal ruling), Brondby 1 Sloga Jugomagnat 0 (Agg 2-0), NK Rijeka 0 FK Partizan 3 (Agg 1-6), Genk 3 Maribor 0 (Agg 4-5), Valletta 0 Rapid Vienna 2 (Agg 0-5), MTK Budapest 3 IBV Vestmannaeyjar 1 (Agg 5-1) end 04-Aug-99 22:31
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encyclopedia articles on: Vestmannaeyjar  - 4 results

 
 
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Vestmannaeyjar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VESTMANNAEYJAR vest manaa yar, group of 15 small islands, c.10...waterfowl breed in these islands. The chief town is Vestmannaeyjar (1993 pop. 4,886) on Heimaey. In 1627, Algerian pirates...eruption of a volcano on Heimaey in 1973 damaged Vestmannaeyjar and curtailed the fishing industry...
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Westman Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WESTMAN ISLANDS see Vestmannaeyjar , Iceland. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Surtsey
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SURTSEY volcanic island, c.1.25 sq mi (3.2 sq km), S of Iceland in Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands). The island was formed by the eruption (Nov., 1963) of Sutur, an underwater volcano named for a giant of Icelandic...
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Iceland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The republic includes several small islands, notably the Vestmannaeyjar off the southern coast of Iceland. Reykjavik is the...volcano on Heimaey island erupted, damaging the town of Vestmannaeyjar. Later in the year Iceland and the United States began revising...


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