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This I did not know. On one of the tours about Iceland, we stopped at The Althing (Icelandic Parliament, formed in 930), and it's right at a point where the tectonic plates seperating North America and Europe lay...and Iceland actually sits right on top of the two plates, which explains the volcanic and earthquake activity. There are approximately 120 earthquakes every 24 hours in Iceland; obviously, most are not felt.

But the tour guide took us to a point where we could stand at the edge of a crevice, and we were told we were on the American side, looking over the chasm into Europe. It's a sheer drop, really mind-boggling.

So although Iceland is part of "Europe", geologically it's part Europe, part North America. Learn something new every day...