Iceland
Sand Origin
Where river Ölfusá meets the Atlantic
Random Sand Fact
In Iceland, you can walk across a sand-filled fissure between two tectonic plates.
On the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland sits directly on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the North American and Eurasian plates are slowly moving apart.
At the Bridge Between Continents, a small footbridge crosses one of the fissures within the wider rift zone. Below it lies sand.
The Earth pulls apart. Sand fills the gap.
