Hjörleifshöfði cape is named after the Viking settler Hjörleifur Hróðmarsson, Ingólfur Arnarsson foster-brother. Together they sailed from Norway to Iceland on each their ship but got separated on the way and ended up staying the winter in different areas of Iceland.
Hjörleifshöfði cape in south Iceland
As you drive the ring road towards Vík and Höfn, you’ll see some intriguing “inland islands” towering up from the flat coastal lands along the way. One of the most prominent of these is Hjörleifshöfði—a 221m tuff island that rises from the flat glacial meltwater sand plains of Mýrdalssandur, just east of Vík.
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