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The south part of The East Fjords is just east of Iceland's biggest glacier, Vatnajokull. There are some more glaciers in the highlands but they are all very small. Some of the valleys, that penetrate into the highlands, end in glaciers that are flowing down towards the valley floor from the ice mass up on the plateau above. The bedrock is 13 million years old, the oldest in the country and there isn't much geothermal activity. Still, some hot springs can be found in the area and lately some holes have been drilled that may provide enough water to heat the houses in some of the towns. The East Fjords are outside the active volcanic belts that lie through Iceland in a southwest- northeast direction so the volcanoes are no longer active.
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