Great Dímon has a sister mountain called Little Dímon. The name is thought to come from Latin, meaning twin mountains or two alike. It has also been said that the word means haystack and it certainly is reminiscent of a haystack surrounded by…
Dverghamrar, “Dwarf Rocks”, are peculiar and beautiful formations of columnar basalt. On top of the columns there is cube jointed basalt. The landscape is thought to have been moulded at the end of the Ice Age. The sea level was…
The majestic Dynkur waterfall is in Þjórsá river. The road is marked but it is only suitable for jeeps and off-road vehicles. It is an excellent trip to drive down to the Fagrifoss waterfall in the Kaldakvísl canyon on the way. There are also…
Dyrhólaey is a 120 m. high cliff, not far from the town of Vík. The place got its name from the massive arch that the sea has eroded from the cliff. When the sea is calm, big boats can sail through it. There even was a crasy daredevil pilot…
Last eruption was only in 1973. The name Eldfell literally means Fire-Mountain.
Between the town of Kirkjubæjarklaustur and Landmannalaugar, the eruptive fissure Eldgjá is to be found. Eldgjá is a 40 km long eruptive fissure, 600 meters wide in many places, and up to 200 meters deep, formed in a gigantic eruption in 934.…
The Eyjafjallajökull glacier is a 1666 m. high glacier capped stratovolcano. It is one of the smaller glaciers of Iceland, situated to the north of Skógar and to the south and west of the much bigger glacier Mýrdalsjökull. The glacier covers…
Ferjunes is a medieval ferry dock for crossing Þjórsá River.
Flóaáveitan are canals that run through the entire Flói region, from Ölfusá river in the west to Þjórsá river in the east. This monumental construction consisted of 300 km long canals and 900 km of embankments. The Flói irrigation system…
Right inside the town of Hveragerði is a geothermal park of hot springs, from which the community derives its name, Hver = hot spring. Visitor to the hot spring can learn about geothermal energy, the springs and their interesting history.
Gullfoss is actually two separate waterfalls, the upper one has a drop of 11 metres and the lower one 21 metres. The rock of the river bed was formed during an interglacial period. Water flows over Gullfoss at an average rate of 109 cubic…
Hafnarnes is an area on the edge of the town Þorlákshöfn, where you are surrounded by beautiful cliffs and the majestic ocean. A viewpoint is located in the area, from where you have panoramic views over the surrounding mountains. This area…
The waterfall Háifoss is situated near the Hekla Volcano in the south of Iceland. The river Fossá, a tributary of Þjórsá, drops here from a height of 122 m.
Hjálparfoss is a beautiful, two stepped waterfall near the confluence of rivers Þjórsá and Fossá in the Þjórsa Valley. The surrounding area is called Hjálp, “Help”, because the travellers across the Sprengisandur Route found…
Hjörleifshöfði or “Hjörleifur´s Cliff” is a 221 m tuff rock cliff in the southwestern part of Mýrdalssandur, formed in the latter part of the last ice age by an eruption under the glacier.
The main lagoon measures about 20 km2 and until 1932 was covered in thick glacial ice. Then the glacier started to retreat, and nowadays more than 100 m. of ice breaks away each year, to reshape the lagoon and fill it with spectacular…
Kerið, is a 55 m deep volcanic crater, about 3000 years old. It is a part of a group of volcanic hills called Tjarnarhólar, and is now filled with water, creating a lake whose steep circular slopes resemble an ancient amphitheatre. Concerts…
Lakagígar is a row of craters, formed in one of the world’s largest eruptions in recorded history. This continuous series of eruptions emitted a vast quantity of lava and substantial amounts of volcanic ash from a fissure stretching…
The Fjallabak Nature Park between the mountains. The pearl of the highlands, Landmannalaugar and its surroundings are too colorful and magnificent to describe with words.
Hekla is one of the most famous volcanos in the world, an active volcano for centuries. Old tales tell of the belief that the souls of the condemned traveled through Hekla’s crater on their way to hell. The whole mountain ridge of Hekla…