This first video is a general introduction to Heimaey and outlines the goals of this section of the virtual field trip. Watch the video, and make sure you pay attention to where Heimaey is located!
Click on the map below to locate Heimaey. A red circle means that you're wrong, try again!
The Old Norse word Vestmenn (literally "Westmen") was applied to the Irish, and retained in Icelandic even though Ireland is further east than Iceland.
Not long after Ingólfur Arnarson, the first settler, arrived in Iceland, his blood brother Hjörleifur was murdered by the slaves he had brought with him. Ingólfur tracked them down to the Vestmannaeyjar and killed them all in retribution, hence the name Vestmannaeyjar (the islands of the west men). This is speculated to have occurred in AD 875.
Eruptions were occurring in Iceland, recorded by the vikings in the famous Icelandic sagas, and eruptions have been occuring on average every 4-5 years in modern times.The background is a famous Viking longboat sculpture in Reykjavik.
Cinder cones and a'a' lava flows have distinctive features.Watch the video discussing how cinder cones form and change following volcanic eruption.
Follow Ben as he goes down the cinder cone and onto the lava flows
This is a 360° video. To pan around the scene use the mouse and to zoom pinch two fingers on your touchpad. Listen for cues from Ben - he'll tell you when is pointing to something, so make sure that you turn the view to look at where he is pointing!
Look at outcrop and rock scale features of an a'a' lava flow.
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