Wild Iceland Part 3: Heimaey

 Heimaey is the only inhabited island in the string of volcanic outcrops called Vestmannaejar, situated off of Iceland's south coast. Vestmannaejar's newest Island was formed by an eruption of an undersea volcano in the early 1960s. The town on Heimaey was partially buried in an eruption in 1973.

The dramatic harbor entrance was at risk of being blocked in the 1973 eruption.

The view of town from atop the 1973 lava flow.

471 homes were buried in the eruption. Markers are placed above where various streets were. The whole town was successfully evacuated without fatality.