ICELAND

ICELAND / ÍSLAND.

Norden issue.
Mount Súlur.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 24.03.1983.
Face issue: 4.50 Iceland krónor.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 1,000,000 copies.
Size: 39 x 26 mm.

Catalogues
- AFA No. 596.
- Michel No. 596.
- Scott No. 571.
- StampWorld No. 597.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 626.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 549.

Mount Súlur is located in the north of Iceland. Its two peaks loom over Akureyri in the southwest. It is part of the extinct Kerling volcano (1,538 m, 5,046 ft: seen on the stamp to the left), and is 1,213 m (3,980 ft) high. The lowest of the twin peaks reaches 1,144 m (3,753 ft). The mountain rests on a basalt base about 500 meters thick. However, the top is bright rhyolite. The mountain range that connects the Kerling with the Súlur has several other lower peaks. Some remnants of glaciers can still be found in Kvarnárdalur, a high valley below the Kerling.