Place

Keilir Mountain

A cone-shaped (379 m) tuff mountain with fine views. It is usually possible to drive to Höskuldarvellir just east of Keilir. A Hiking trail is from Höskuldarvellir to Keilir. The trail is about 3-4 km and it takes ab...
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Baula A Rhyolite Mountain

Baula, (934 m) a rhyolite mountain, most likely a lava bulge from the ice age. The mountain is cone-shaped and steep, with screes and boulders on all sides. There are no particular obstacles for climbers but care should ...
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Hekla Volcano

By road number 26
Hekla, (1,491 m) the most famous volcano in Iceland and one of the best-known volcanoes in the world and has been active for thousands of years. The mountain is a long ridge with a 4 km long crack along the top. Ther...
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Kerlingarfjöll A cluster of majestic rhyolite peaks

Kerlingarfjöll, a cluster of majestic rhyolite peaks, some of them partially covered by glacier. Lots of geothermal heat in the valleys between the peaks. The highest peaks are Snækollur (1,477 m), Loðmundur (1,432 m) an...
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Kverkfjöll magnificent mountain range

Kverkfjöll, (1,920 m) a magnificent mountain range in northern Vatnajökull. One of the largest geothermal areas in the country on the west side of the mountains, creating many beautiful ice caves in the glacier. A good t...
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Mýrdalsjökull Glacier

Mýrdalsjökull, (1,480 m) the fourth largest glacier in Iceland, about 701 km2. Many glacier tongues protrude from the main glacier towards Mýrdalssandur, such as Öldufellsjökull, Sandfellsjökull and Höfðabrekkujökull. ...
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Herðubreið A table mountain with a crater at its top

Herðubreið, (1,682 m) a table mountain with a crater at its top, rising 1,000 to 1,100 m above the surrounding highlands. One of the most majestic mountains in Iceland, with a nearly round base having a circumference of ...
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Vindbelgjarfjall

Vindbelgjarfjall, (529 m) it takes about 1 hours to walk from Vagnsstaðir to the top. Great view.
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Spákonufell A former church

Spákonufell, (“Fortune-teller’s fell”) a former church, once the home of Þórdís spákona (“fortune-teller”) mentioned in Kormáks saga.
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Snæfell The highest mountain in Iceland after Vatnajökull,

Snæfell, (1,833 m) the highest mountain in Iceland after Vatnajökull, conspicuous, with fine views from the top. An old volcano, the peak snowcovered. Local people say when it is clear over Snæfell in the evening, you c...
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Þríhyrningur A tuff mountain dominating the surrounding

Þríhyrningur, (678 m) a tuff mountain, dominating the surroundings. The hiding place of Flosi of Njáls saga and his men after they set fire to Bergþórshvoll, burning Njáll inside.
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Sandfell A 743 m high mountain south of Fáskrúðsfjörður

Sandfell, a 743 m high rhyolite mountain south of Fáskrúðsfjörður. It is a typical laccolith believed to be 600 m thick and one of the best examples of mountains from the tertier period in the northern hemisphere. It can...
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Hverfjall A roundish crater

Hverfjall, (312 m) a roundish crater about 140 m deep and 1,300 m diameter. Said to be one of the largest such craters in the world.
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Krafla a mountain with geothermal heat

By road no. 863, East of Mývatn
Krafla, (818 m) a tuff mountain north of Námafjall. Considerable geothermal heat on the west side of Krafla with fumaroles and mud-springs (solfataras). At the northwest side is Víti, (“Hell”) an explosion crater, 300 m ...
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Námafjall Mountain with geothermal heat

By road no. 1 east of Mývatn
Námafjall, the mountain south of Námaskarð, with geothermal heat all over the east side of the mountain, which looks light yellow from a distance. Sulphur was mined there for centuries from the Hlíðarnámur mines and expo...
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Kirkjufell (“Church mountain”) Mountain

By Grundarfjörður on Snæfellsnes
Kirkjufell, (“Church mountain”) (463 m) an impressive mountain, climbable but difficult and tiring because of rocks. One of the most beautiful mountains on Snæfellsnes. Called “Sugarloaf” by the Danes.
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