Gos Í Vatnajökli 1996 '97 A Big Blue Friend from

A Big Blue Friend from Iceland

and 335 miles east to west

The bridge built in 1967 will eventually be obsolete as the river feeding the lagoon shortens due to sea erosion and the bay widens due to glacial melting

Text on back of card: View over the town of Sauðárkrókur with Tindastóll mountain (995 meters) in the background

Iceland is the only breeding location of Harlequin Duck in Europe

Gos Í Vatnajökli 1996 '97 A Big Blue Friend fromText on back of card: The eruption under Vatnajkull glacier September 30, 1996 finally broke through 450 meters of thick ice on October 2, flinging ash up to a height of 500 meters. Str: 148 mm 5,8 in.