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Sometimes Seals are watched swimming or resting on the rocks.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La p\u00e9ninsule est consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme l\u2019un des meilleurs endroits d\u2019Islande pour observer les phoques, en particulier au site d\u2019observation d\u2019Illugastadir, situ\u00e9 sur la c\u00f4te nord-est de la p\u00e9ninsule. Dans la ville de Hvammstangi, vous pouvez visiter le Centre islandais des phoques pour en savoir plus sur ces animaux. Sur la c\u00f4te est de la p\u00e9ninsule, vous pourrez admirer le Hv\u00edtserkur, un immense rocher spectaculaire \u00e9mergeant de la mer au large, que l'on dit repr\u00e9senter un \u2018 troll fig\u00e9 \u2019, un \u00e9l\u00e9phant en train de boire ou encore un dinosaure. 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