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[[File:Reynisdrangar basalt rocks.jpg|thumb|Reynisdrangar captured from [[Reynisfjall]]]] |
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[[File:Vik - Black Sand Beach und Basaltsäulen.jpg|thumb|Basalt columns on the beach at Reynisfjara.]] |
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'''Reynisdrangar''' ({{IPA-is|ˈreiːnɪsˌtrauŋkar̥}}) are [[basalt]] [[Stack (geology)|sea stacks]] situated under the mountain [[Reynisfjall]] near the village [[Vík í Mýrdal]] in southern [[Iceland]]. It is framed by a black sand beach that was ranked in 1991 as one of the ten most beautiful non-tropical beaches in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Black Sand Beach in Iceland Photo by Inderjit Singh — National Geographic Your Shot|url = http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/1710458/|website = National Geographic Your Shot|accessdate = 2015-07-20}}</ref> |
'''Reynisdrangar''' ({{IPA-is|ˈreiːnɪsˌtrauŋkar̥}}) are [[basalt]] [[Stack (geology)|sea stacks]] situated under the mountain [[Reynisfjall]] near the village [[Vík í Mýrdal]] in southern [[Iceland]]. It is framed by a black sand beach that was ranked in 1991 as one of the ten most beautiful non-tropical beaches in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Black Sand Beach in Iceland Photo by Inderjit Singh — National Geographic Your Shot|url = http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/1710458/|website = National Geographic Your Shot|accessdate = 2015-07-20}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:45, 8 June 2021
Reynisdrangar (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈreiːnɪsˌtrauŋkar̥]) are basalt sea stacks situated under the mountain Reynisfjall near the village Vík í Mýrdal in southern Iceland. It is framed by a black sand beach that was ranked in 1991 as one of the ten most beautiful non-tropical beaches in the world.[1]
Legend
Legend says that the stacks originated when two trolls dragged a three-masted ship to land unsuccessfully and when daylight broke they became needles of rock.[2]
Contemporary legends note the story of a husband who found his wife taken by the two trolls, frozen at night. The husband made the two trolls swear to never kill anyone ever again. His wife was the love of his life, whose free spirit he was unable to provide a home for; she found her fate out among the trolls, rocks, and sea at Reynisfjara.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Black Sand Beach in Iceland Photo by Inderjit Singh — National Geographic Your Shot". National Geographic Your Shot. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
- ^ Discover South Iceland Highland - Attractions: Dyrhólaey and Reynisdrangar Archived 2011-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Beckwith, Ken. "Heart of Birds, Refuge by the Sea and Blurb, 2020". Retrieved 2020-03-29.
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External links
- Beach at Reynisdrangar virtual tour
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: IIcelandic Legends and Aurora (8 December 2015) - featuring Reynisdrangar
63°23′57″N 19°01′55″W / 63.3993°N 19.0319°W
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