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The island itself is a geologically young basalt plateau, averaging 2,000 ft (610 m) in height (™raefaj”kull, c.6,950 ft/2,120 m high, is the highest point) and culminating in vast icefields, of which the Vatnaj”kull, in the southeast, is the largest. There are about 200 volcanoes, many of them active; the highest is Mt. Hekla (c.4,900 ft/1,490 m). Hot springs abound and are used for inexpensive heating; the great Geysir is particularly famous.
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