Place

Askja Caldera in the Dyngjufjöll mountains

Askja, a 50 km2 caldera in the Dyngjufjöll mountains. The bottom, about 1,100 m above sea level, is mostly covered with rough lava. In the southeast corner, in a smaller caldera is the lake, Öskjuvatn, 217 m deep, 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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Landmannalaugar Natural jewel

Landmannalaugar, one of Iceland’s natural jewels and popular tourist attractions in Iceland. Streams of geothermal and spring water come from under a high wall of lava and mix to make streams and pools of just the ri...
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Hrafntinnusker A convex mountain

Hrafntinnusker, a convex mountain reaching a height of about 1,128 m. The top of the mountain is covered in obsidian and glacial ice conceals the western face all year round. A cabin built by the Touring Club of Icel...
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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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Sigalda Power plant

by road number F208
Sigalda, (543 m) low mountain ridges on both sides of Tungnaá. The Sigalda power station was opened in 1977, power 150,000 kW
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Sprengisandur

Sprengisandur, a wide and extensive desert in the centre of Iceland with indistinct boundaries, but usually understood to be between Eyvindarver and Kiðagil and between the glaciers Hofsjökull and Tungnafellsjökull and t...
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Þórisvatn Lake

By road no. F26 (Sprengisandur)
Þórisvatn, the second largest lake in Iceland, 70 km2, 109 m deep. This lake is regulated and may rise by as much as 5 meters, reaching 80 km2. Its upper end is cut in two by the mountain Útigönguhöfði, forming two bays....
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Hveravellir The main hot spring area in Reykjahverfi

on Kjölur (F35) mountain road
Hveravellir, (“Hot spring plains”) a geothermal area to the north of Kjalhraun, about 650 m above sea level, and one of the best known geothermal areas in Iceland. Many beautiful and peculiar hot springs, such as Bláhver...
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Hvannalindir An area where several streams come up from under a lava field

Hvannalindir, an area where several streams come up from under a lava field, surrounded by grasslands and other vegetation not usually seen at that height (650 m). Lindakeilir is a small cone shaped hill in the western p...
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Hrauneyjarfoss A 29 m high waterfall

Hrauneyjafoss, a 29 m high waterfall in the river Tungnaá where a new 210,000 kW power station was built in 1981.
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Veiðivötn "Fishing Lakes" a group of lakes in a volcanic region

Veiðivötn, (“Fishing lakes”) a group of lakes in a volcanic region less than 10,000 years old, some 560-600 m above sea leve. Good tourist huts and a view-dial on Miðmorgunsalda (“Mid-morning ridge”). There is an abund...
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