1840 in Iceland
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Events in the year 1840 in Iceland.
Incumbents[edit]
- Monarch: Christian VIII of Denmark
Events[edit]
- The largest recorded surface area of the Langjökull ice gap was recorded.[1]
Deaths[edit]
- 24 April: Sveinn Pálsson, physician and naturalist.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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