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1378:2024
1348:2023
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769:11.0
764:11.6
704:11.3
699:14.7
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689:13.6
684:10.6
654:30.2
649:10.0
644:12.5
639:15.6
634:20.1
629:24.4
624:29.2
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604:14.0
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594:10.7
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550:Jan
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392:and
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370:Höfn
368:and
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1209:1.0
1204:5.0
1199:8.2
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1189:6.4
1184:2.8
909:0.0
904:2.9
864:2.2
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739:0.0
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709:7.2
679:6.7
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