Aerial photographStatue of a great auk nearby on Reykjanestá
Eldey (Icelandic pronunciation:[ˈɛltˌeiː]ⓘ) is a small, uninhabited island about 13 kilometres (7 nautical miles) off the coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland. Located west-southwest of Reykjavík, the island of Eldey covers an area of about 3 hectares (7 acres), and rises to a height of 77 metres (253 ft).[1] Its sheer cliffs are home to large numbers of birds, including one of the largest northern gannet colonies in the world, with around 16,000 pairs.[2] This colony can now be watched live via two webcams that are located on top of the island.[3]
^"National Land Survey of Iceland : Sýrfell". Landmælingar Íslands. 28 December 2023.
^Bryan Nelson (2010). "Numbers and distribution". The Gannet. Poyser Monographs. A & C Black. pp. 42–90. ISBN 978-1-4081-3858-8.
^"Eldey – Timelapse Recording from July 27th 2016". Eldey.is. 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
Eldey (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈɛltˌeiː] ) is a small, uninhabited island about 13 kilometres (7 nautical miles) off the coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula...
the bird. On 3 June 1844, the last two confirmed specimens were killed on Eldey, off the coast of Iceland, ending the last known breeding attempt. Later...
v t e Islands of Iceland Akurey Borgarey Brokey Drangey Eldey Eldeyjarboði Engey Flatey in Breiðafjörður Flatey in Skjálfandi Geirfuglasker Grímsey Hergilsey...
rock submerged. The surviving great auks moved to a nearby island called Eldey and were wiped out by humans in 1840. Later a new Geirfuglasker appeared...
of Iceland". Iceland Government. 17 May 2017. "Tentative List". UNESCO. "Eldey". "Landshagir 2015 by Hagstofa Íslands - Issuu". "Hver er stærsta eyjan...
the complexity of its rift propagation formation.: 1128 The island of Eldey off the south-west of the RVB has similar geological formations to the RVB...
definitely recorded pair of great auks are killed on the Icelandic island of Eldey. June 6 – George Williams sets up (in London) what is often cited as the...
fat, and oil; as it grew rare, also to supply collectionists. The last pair on the eastern Atlantic was killed on Eldey Island, off Iceland in 1844....
Sulidae. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sulidae. Live camera from Eldey Iceland Sulidae videos on the Internet Bird Collection FAMILY SULIDAE...
pairs in 2000, although that had risen to 2,500 pairs by 2014. Iceland. Eldey, a small island located about 16 kilometres (8+1⁄2 nautical miles) off the...
Power Station) with cooling ponds View from Reykjanestá to south-west with Eldey in the far background Map of volcanic systems on the Reykjanes Peninsula...
peninsula. Its source is unknown but may have been the volcanic islet of Eldey, which is believed to have erupted during the Reykjanes Fires. 1227, probably...
plate boundary in the Reykjanes Peninsula. These volcanic systems are: Eldey volcanic system (mostly submarine), Reykjanes volcanic system, Svartsengi...
definitely recorded pair of great auks are killed on the Icelandic island of Eldey. 1844 – The anonymously written Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation...
last known specimens in the world were killed a few years later either in Eldey, Iceland, or off Newfoundland. Native St Kildans have climbed Stac an Armin...
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