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Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice Sitting Astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge The only place where the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rises above sea level. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Divergent tectonic plate boundary) attracts tourists. Volcanic Activity Volcanic eruptions are far more frequent on convergent tectonic plate boundaries (Cascade Mountain Range the Andes) than on divergent tectonic place boundaries (Iceland); however, eruptions do occur along divergent boundaries. Recently and eruption broke through the icecap in Iceland. Iceland’s Eruptions Ash and roughly thirty-story-tall lava fountains shoot from