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Pingvellir

Identification

Pingvellir is a very famous historic place in Iceland, where a lot of things have happened which have influenced the Icelandic history.

Description

Pingvellir was reserved in 1928 and became a national park. Now there is a fence all around Pingvellir to protect it from sheep and other animals which can destroy the vegetation.

Pingvallavatn, which is in Pingvellir, is the largest lake in Iceland. It is 83.7 square kilometres,  and 114 metres deep. There are many kinds of fish in the lake, like trouts, charrs and tiddlers.

Pingvellir is also a very famous tourism place, and thousands of people come there every year to see this smashing nature and its beautiful surroundings.

Men have tried to do anything they can to protect this old, famous place. They have put fence all around Pingvellir and there are special rules. They have also made many path and you are only allowed to camp on special place, to protect the vegetation. They have rebuilt the houses and many things for the travel industry.