Dettifoss The most powerful Waterfall in Europe

By road no. 864 about 33 km from Ásbyrgi

Dettifoss the most powerful Waterfalls in Europe

Dettifoss, the greatest and most majestic of Iceland’s waterfalls, 44 m high with volume of 212 tons per second, so the ground shakes with the force of it. Thoug...
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Barnafoss Children´s Waterfall

Barnafoss Waterfall

Barnafoss, (“Children’s falls”) waterfalls in the river Hvítá. Two children are said to have once fallen off a natural rock bridge over the river and drowned, hence the name. There is now a ...
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Hraunfossar Waterfall

Hraunfossar Waterfall

Hraunfossar, (“Lava falls”) along the northern bank of the Hvítá river gorge. Springwater flows from under the lava for about 1 km, cascading in numerous waterfalls between rocks and trees...
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Gullfoss Golden Waterfall

By road number 35

Gullfoss Waterfall south Iceland

Gullfoss, (“Golden falls”) in the river Hvítá, one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Iceland and a favourite with tourists. It falls 32 m in two cascades. The canyon below the...
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Seljalandsfoss Waterfall

By road no. F249 about 0,5 km from road no. 1

Seljalandsfoss Waterfall South Iceland

Seljalandsfoss, one of the higher waterfalls in Iceland, though it has little water. A path at the bottom of the cliff makes it possible to walk behind the fall. The water...
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Skogar Waterfall and Museum

By road number 1 between Hvolsvöllur and Vík

Skogar South Iceland

Skógafoss, (60 m) a waterfall in the river Skógaá, one of the highest in Iceland. There are many other falls further up in the river. Legend has it that the settler Þrasi hid his chest ...
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Godafoss Waterfall

By road no. 1 about 47 km east from Akureyri

Godafoss Waterfall

Goðafoss, (“Falls of the gods”) among the finest in the country, not very high but cut into two horseshoe-shaped falls, Not far above the falls the river Skjálfandafljót divides in two, formi...
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Hjalparfoss - The help falls Waterfall

By Búrfell power plant

Hjalparfoss Waterfall

Hjálparfoss (“The help falls”) a beautiful waterfall in the river Fossá opposite the power-station.
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Tröllkonuhlaup - Giant leap Waterfall

In the river Þjórá by road no. 26 , between Galtalækur and Hrauneyjar

Trollkonuhlaup Waterfall

Tröllkonuhlaup, (“Giantess’ leap”) a waterfall in Þjórsá. Giantesses believed to live in Búrfell and Bjólfell used the rocks in the river as stepping stones when they tried to catch Gis...
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Þjófafoss - Thjofafoss Waterfall

In the river Þjórá by road no. 26 , between Galtalækur and Hrauneyjar

Thjofafoss Waterfall

A waterfall in the Þjórsá / Thjorsa river south of Búrfell; a 5 km long jeep-track leads there, sometimes difficult to drive.
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Hengifoss - Hanging falls Waterfall

By road no. 933

Hengifoss Waterfall

One of highest waterfalls in Iceland, 118 m, in the river Hengifossá near the farm Brekka. In the gorge there, which is pretty and varied, are lignite and fossils. Another waterfall further ...
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Dynjandi Waterfall

by road no. 621, in Arnarfjörður

Dynjandi Waterfall

Dynjandi, an abandoned farm. Above it is the biggest waterfall in the Western fjords and one of finest in Iceland, also named Dynjandi (“Resounding”), also known as Fjallfoss, itself 100 m h...
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