West Fjords, Iceland

The West Fjords are a series of peninsulas in northwestern Iceland. They represent less than one-eighth the country’s land area, but their jagged perimeter accounts for more than half of Iceland’s total coastline.

Image taken June 6, 2000, by Landsat 7.

Credit: NASA/GSFC/USGS EROS Data Center

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