Iceland: Bridge Between Two Continents
Reykjanes Peninsula sits directly on the divergent boundary of tectonic plates belonging to Eurasia and North America, where the plates pull apart at ~2 cm (0.8 inches) per year. This fuels intense volcanic and geothermal activity in the area. A 15-meter (50 ft) steel footbridge spans a fissure between the plates. You can walk across to straddle continents – one foot on North America to the west, the other on Eurasia to the east. It’s inhospitable, windy, and freezing cold here, but the symbolic significance is massive.
