1840 in Iceland

Iceland-related events during 1840

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Events in the year 1840 in Iceland.

Incumbents

Events

  • The largest recorded surface area of the Langjökull ice gap was recorded.[1]
Sveinn Pálsson, 1798

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Flowers, Gwenn E.; Björnsson, Helgi; Geirsdóttir, Áslaug; Miller, Gifford H.; Clarke, Garry K.C. (2007). "Glacier fluctuation and inferred climatology of Langjökull ice cap through the Little Ice Age". Quaternary Science Reviews. 26 (19–21): 2337–2353. Bibcode:2007QSRv...26.2337F. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.596.2710. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.07.016.
  2. ^ Tomassón, Haukur (1986). "The History of Mapping in Iceland, with Special Reference to Glaciers". Annals of Glaciology. 8: 4–7. doi:10.3189/S0260305500001026. ISSN 0260-3055.
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