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Iceland’s Place Names Committee will choose a name for a waterfall discovered in southeast Iceland, near Morsárjökull glacier in Öræfum, on August 14; the unnamed waterfall is 228 meters high.
Morsárjökull glacier is located south of Vatnajökull glacier, not far from Skaftafell; the new waterfall is 30 meters higher than the Glymur waterfall in the Hvalfjördur fjord area, west Iceland.
Glymur Waterfall. Photo by SR.
Morgunbladid and mbl.is asked their readers to send in suggestions for a new name from June 14 to June 30, and received nearly 2000 suggestions.
The most popular names were Morsárfoss with 119 votes, Klettafoss and Morsi came second with 56 votes each, Jökullfoss got 50 votes and Morsárfossar 45.
Thórunn Sigurdardóttir, chairman of the Place Names Committee, told Morgunbladid the committee will look into all name suggestions. The final decision will not be made at a single meeting but she expects the committee to make their final decision in a few weeks time.
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Whitsun, or hvítasunna in Icelandic, is a religious holiday, celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter. Usually known as Pentecost in English, the holiday commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ.
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Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós are set to appear on Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show on NBC on Friday next week.
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Chairman of the Progressive Party Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson will become Iceland’s next prime minister and leader of the Independence Party, Bjarni Benediktsson, will take up the position of Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, as reported in the Icelandic media yesterday.
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The festival Reykjavík Music Mess kicks off at KEX Hostel in the center of the capital with an opening party on May 23 at 8 pm. An art exhibition themed around the participating bands will open at the occasion and Boogie Trouble will play a few songs. Entry is free.
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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Fida Abu Libdeh moved to Iceland from East Jerusalem at 16, made her way through the Icelandic education system and now runs a promising startup company.
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The 27th Reykjavík Arts Festival starts this week.
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