"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Volcanic Activity: The Fire Iceland sits atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates ...

Iceland is home to 33 active volcanic systems, more than any other European country. It is situated on top of a rift between two tectonic plates, which makes the island nation vulnerable to ...

The Silfra fissure in Iceland is the crack between North America and Europe. It is the only place in the world where you can swim between two tectonic plates. Produced by Claudia Romeo More from ...

This is a land in which Norse sagas meet 21st-century ... The rift valley on the tectonic plate boundaries of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is clearly visible in ... [+] Iceland's Thingvellir National ...

Iceland sits on a boundary where two tectonic plates meet called the mid-Atlantic ridge. This makes it the ideal location for geothermal power plants.

With terrain shaped by volcanic eruptions and shifting tectonic plates, and surrounding waters filled with glaciers, icebergs and whales, Iceland is like no other place on Earth. It's also an ...