Almannagjá fault

E267079

Almannagjá fault is a prominent rift valley fissure in southwestern Iceland that marks the boundary between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Almannagjá fault canonical 1
Davíðsgjá fissure 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological fault ⓘ
rift valley fissure ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
formedBy extensional tectonics ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
geologicalFeatureType normal fault ⓘ
hasAccessibility marked trails ⓘ
road access ⓘ
hasCliffs yes ⓘ
hasGeologicalAge Holocene ⓘ
hasRockType basalt ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
hasSignificance clear surface expression of plate boundary ⓘ
hasWalkingPath yes ⓘ
isExampleOf continental rift ⓘ
isMajorStructureIn Þingvellir National Park landscape ⓘ
isPhotogenic true ⓘ
isStudiedBy geologists ⓘ
geophysicists ⓘ
isVisibleAtSurface true ⓘ
languageOfName Icelandic ⓘ
locatedIn Southwest Iceland ⓘ
Þingvellir ⓘ
Þingvellir National Park ⓘ
locatedOn Reykjanes Peninsula ⓘ
marksBoundaryBetween Eurasian Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
movementType divergent plate boundary ⓘ
nameMeaning All-men’s gorge ⓘ
linked to: Allmannajuvet gorge
near Þingvallavatn ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
partOf Þingvellir rift valley ⓘ
region Southern Region of Iceland ⓘ
relatedTo Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Þingvellir graben ⓘ
separates Eurasian Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext part of Þingvellir World Heritage Site ⓘ
usedFor geological education ⓘ
geotourism ⓘ
withinProtectedArea Þingvellir National Park ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Þingvallavatn → hasDiveSite → Davíðsgjá fissure ⓘ
linked to: Almannagjá fault