Eldey

Eldey (Fitar da shi na Iceland: [] i) ƙaramin tsibiri ne, wanda ba a zaune ba kusan kilomita 13 (7 nautical miles) daga bakin tekun Reykjanes Peninsula a kudu maso yammacin Iceland . Da yake yamma- kudu maso yammacin Reykjavík, tsibirin Eldey ya rufe yanki na kimanin hekta 3 (7 acres), kuma ya tashi zuwa tsawo na mita 77 (253 .  Duwatsun da ke da tsaunuka suna da yawan tsuntsaye, gami da ɗayan manyan yankunan gannet na arewa a duniya, tare da kusan nau'i-nau'i 16,000. Yanzu ana iya kallon wannan mulkin mallaka kai tsaye ta hanyar kyamarori biyu da ke saman tsibirin.

 Tsarin dutsen wuta 

Tsarin dutsen wuta na Eldey da Geirfuglasker tare sun samar da tsarin dutsen wuta mai tsawon kilomita  (25  a kan Reykjanes Ridge .  Duwatsun da suka fashe sun fito ne daga jerin magungunan tholeiitic da picrite basalt. Babu wani dutsen mai fitattun wuta na tsakiya, amma a maimakon haka akwai wasu tsaunuka masu tsawo da aka shirya a cikin salon enechelon. Conical-, fissure- ko garkuwa-like volcanoes suna kan waɗannan tuddai. : 76 Eldey, da ƙananan skerries na Eldeyjardrangur, Geirfugladrangur da Geirfuglasker sune saman tsaunuka masu fitattun wuta a cikin tsarin.

Rijiyar Mid-Atlantic ta zama kuskuren canji na Bight kusa da 56.5°N Rijiyar Reykjanes wanda ya shimfida  arewa zuwa Tsibirin Reykjanes na Iceland a 63.87°N  : 74 Yayin da yake gabatowa Iceland dutsen ya zama mai zurfi, tare da kauri na ɓawon teku a ƙarƙashinsa yayin da yake kusantar ƙwanƙarar rigar da ke da alaƙa da hotspot Iceland .  Rijiyar Reykjanes tana da matsakaicin adadin yaduwa kusan  / shekara.  : 74 

Sabon fashewar da aka tabbatar na dutsen dutsen Eldey ya faru ne a arewacinsa a 1926 kuma yana iya kasancewa mai aiki a cikin 1970.  : 77-8 Wani fashewar tephra a arewa maso yammacin Eldey ya ƙura a yammacin gabar Reykjanes Peninsula na Iceland ya faru a watan Yunin shekara ta 1879. Geirfuglasker ya fashe a 1879 kuma akwai fashewa 3 kusa da Eldey tsakanin 1211 da 1422. Wani karamin yanki na geothermal yana da zurfin 60-80   gabashin Eldey.

 Na ƙarshe daga cikin manyan auks 
Tsibirin ya riga ya tallafa wa sauran mutanen da ba su tashi ba, bayan tsuntsayen sun koma can daga Geirfuglasker bayan fashewar dutse a 1830. Lokacin da aka gano mazaunin a 1835, an ƙidaya kusan tsuntsaye hamsin. Gidajen tarihi, suna sha'awar fata na auk don adanawa da nuni, da sauri sun fara tattara tsuntsaye daga mulkin mallaka. Biyu na ƙarshe, waɗanda aka gano suna shayar da kwai, an kashe su a can a watan Yunin 1844, lokacin da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa na Iceland Jón Brandsson da Sigurður Ísleifsson suka maƙure manya kuma Ketill Ketilsson ba da gangan ya fashe kwai na ƙarshe na jinsin tare da takalminsa yayin gwagwarmaya.

 A cikin wallafe-wallafen 

 Eldey, da makomar babban auk, an ambaci su a cikin The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley .
 An bayyana Eldey dalla-dalla a cikin The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert .
 The Great Auk, wani littafi na Allan W. Eckert, c. 1963, Library of Congress Cat. #63-18215

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