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Viðey
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thumb|right|250px|Viðey House with Esjan in the background Viðey (; sometimes anglicised as Videy) is the largest island of the Kollafjörður Bay in Iceland, just outside the capital of Reykjavík.

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Reykjavík North

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • Geology
  • History
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|250px|Viðey House with Esjan in the background Viðey (; sometimes anglicised as Videy) is the largest island of the Kollafjörður Bay in Iceland, just outside the capital of Reykjavík.

== Overview == The island covers ; its highest point is above sea level. The island is divided by a narrow piece of land (isthmus) creating the West Island, East Island and the largest Home Island. The island has a rich bird life with about 30 species breeding here, such as Puffins, Guillemots, and Fulmars along its coast. The well-vegetated island has areas of bog, grey basalt on the West Island and eastern shore and at least 156 species of plant.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viðey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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