Iceland Thingvellir National Park Bashny.Net

In Thingvellir, there was another landmark event for the company, there Icelanders converted to Christianity. On the territory of the park complex is a joint North American and Eurasian tectonic plates that are moving away each year from each other by two centimeters. This phenomenon gives rise to numerous earthquakes in Iceland, which became a kind of chip country.





Impressive tourists in the park Thingvellir its beauty underwater gorge Silfra, because there are almost a hundred meters in depth offers excellent visibility underwater. This place enjoys enormous popularity among divers who come here from all over the world to admire the majesty of the underwater world.



It provides a unique opportunity, floating between two lithospheric plates, touched in some places as many as two parts of the world - Europe and America.



Fascinating swim in the gorge Silfra is divided into three sections, the so-called "chess room" where giant boulders look like chess pieces, divers perform a dive. Then diving float the middle part of the gorge, which is considered the most beautiful and largest in area, this is where Europe meets America.



The final part of the dive, divers swim through the shallow lake Laguna, whose depth is about two meters. Its water is so clean that the bottom is perfectly visible in any part of the lake.



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