Hitaveita Reykjavikur and the Nesjavellir Geothermal Co-Generation Power Plant
When Ingólfur Arnarson sighted land on the voyage which would make him the first settler in Iceland, he threw the pillars of his high seat overboard and relied on the gods to direct him to where he should settle. His slaves found them washed ashore in a bay where "smoke" rose out of the gr...
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Geo-Heat Center, Oregon Institiute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR (USA)
1996
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| description | When Ingólfur Arnarson sighted land on the voyage which would make him the first settler in Iceland, he threw the pillars of his high seat overboard and relied on the gods to direct him to where he should settle. His slaves found them washed ashore in a bay where "smoke" rose out of the ground. Therefore, they call it Reykjavik, "Smoky Bay." But the smoke after which Iceland's capital is named was not the result of a fire, but was rather steam rising from hot springs |
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| spelling | ftcraterlakelib:oai:digitallib.oit.edu:geoheat/11151 2025-01-16T22:30:33+00:00 Hitaveita Reykjavikur and the Nesjavellir Geothermal Co-Generation Power Plant Lund, John W. 1996-11 PDF pages: 7 http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/ref/collection/geoheat/id/11151 eng eng Geo-Heat Center, Oregon Institiute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR (USA) Geo-Heat Center, Klamath Falls, OR (United States) [Owner]; Oregon Institute of Technology Library [Metadata Creator] Vol. 17, No. 4 oitGHC1474-01 http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/ref/collection/geoheat/id/11151 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Nesjavellir Iceland Heating Process Operation Distribution Geothermal Energy District Heating Disposal Pipelines Economics Geothermal Resources -- Iceland Text 1996 ftcraterlakelib 2022-09-05T18:50:25Z When Ingólfur Arnarson sighted land on the voyage which would make him the first settler in Iceland, he threw the pillars of his high seat overboard and relied on the gods to direct him to where he should settle. His slaves found them washed ashore in a bay where "smoke" rose out of the ground. Therefore, they call it Reykjavik, "Smoky Bay." But the smoke after which Iceland's capital is named was not the result of a fire, but was rather steam rising from hot springs Text Iceland Oregon Institue of Technology (OIT): Digital Collections Nesjavellir ENVELOPE(-21.251,-21.251,64.115,64.115) |
| spellingShingle | Nesjavellir Iceland Heating Process Operation Distribution Geothermal Energy District Heating Disposal Pipelines Economics Geothermal Resources -- Iceland Lund, John W. Hitaveita Reykjavikur and the Nesjavellir Geothermal Co-Generation Power Plant |
| title | Hitaveita Reykjavikur and the Nesjavellir Geothermal Co-Generation Power Plant |
| title_full | Hitaveita Reykjavikur and the Nesjavellir Geothermal Co-Generation Power Plant |
| title_fullStr | Hitaveita Reykjavikur and the Nesjavellir Geothermal Co-Generation Power Plant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hitaveita Reykjavikur and the Nesjavellir Geothermal Co-Generation Power Plant |
| title_short | Hitaveita Reykjavikur and the Nesjavellir Geothermal Co-Generation Power Plant |
| title_sort | hitaveita reykjavikur and the nesjavellir geothermal co-generation power plant |
| topic | Nesjavellir Iceland Heating Process Operation Distribution Geothermal Energy District Heating Disposal Pipelines Economics Geothermal Resources -- Iceland |
| topic_facet | Nesjavellir Iceland Heating Process Operation Distribution Geothermal Energy District Heating Disposal Pipelines Economics Geothermal Resources -- Iceland |
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