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[[Image:Vik-columns.jpg|thumb|Reynisdrangar - sea stacks at Vík.]] |
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[[File:Reynisfjara, Suðurland, Islandia, 2014-08-17, DD 147.JPG|thumbnail|Landscape with the sea stacks in the background.]] |
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'''Reynisdrangar''' are [[basalt]] [[Stack (geology)|sea stacks]] situated under the mountain [[Reynisfjall]] near the village [[Vík í Mýrdal]], southern [[Iceland]]. |
'''Reynisdrangar''' are [[basalt]] [[Stack (geology)|sea stacks]] situated under the mountain [[Reynisfjall]] near the village [[Vík í Mýrdal]], southern [[Iceland]] which 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. |
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Legend says that the stacks originated when two [[troll]]s dragged a three-masted ship to land unsuccessfully and when daylight broke they became needles of rock.<ref>[http://www.hotelhighland.is/To-See-and-To-Do/Attractions---to-see/Dyrholaey-and-Reynisdrangar_119/default.aspx Discover South Iceland Highland - Attractions: Dyrhólaey and Reynisdrangar]</ref> |
Legend says that the stacks originated when two [[troll]]s dragged a three-masted ship to land unsuccessfully and when daylight broke they became needles of rock.<ref>[http://www.hotelhighland.is/To-See-and-To-Do/Attractions---to-see/Dyrholaey-and-Reynisdrangar_119/default.aspx Discover South Iceland Highland - Attractions: Dyrhólaey and Reynisdrangar]</ref> |
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Reynisdrangar are basalt sea stacks situated under the mountain Reynisfjall near the village Vík í Mýrdal, southern Iceland which 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.
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.[1]
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