This landscape shows two of Heimaey’s historic sites. The crescent-shaped bay is Ræningjatangi. Pirate’s Cove is where three Algerian ships landed in 1627. During the invasion called “The Turkish Raid,” the marauders looted the island, killed 36 and kidnapped 242 for the Algiers slave market. The 660 foot tall cone on the left is Eldfell. Fire Mountain was formed in 1973 when a 1.9 mile fissure opened across the island and spewed lava as high as 500 feet. Behind the camera are the island’s first lighthouse built in 1906 and a weather station. In 1991, it measured Iceland’s strongest wind speed of 137 miles per hour. Finally, a short distance away is Stórhöfði with the world’s largest population of puffins.
