Veiðivötn in the highlands of Iceland

Veiðivötn (“the Fishing Lakes”) is a compact wilderness of roughly fifty crater lakes ....

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Sveinstindur in the highlands of Iceland

Sveinstindur is a solitary rhyolite mountain rising above the western shore of Langisjór, ....

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Ófærufoss is one of Iceland's most spectacular hidden waterfalls, located deep within the rugged Highlands.

Ófærufoss waterfall in the Highlands of Iceland

Ófærufoss is one of Iceland’s most spectacular hidden waterfalls, located deep within the ....

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Langjökull glacier

Langjökull is a broad ice cap whose significance lies not in spectacle but ....

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Langisjór highland lake

Langisjór is one of the Highlands’ clearest statements of Icelandic contrast: sapphire water ....

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Landmannalaugar

Landmannalaugar is one of Iceland’s most geologically expressive landscapes: a highland basin of ....

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Kaldidalur valley

Kaldidalur is a highland valley defined by passage rather than settlement. Lying between ....

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Aldeyjarfoss basalt column waterfall

Aldeyjarfoss is a study in volcanic order imposed on fluvial force. Here, the ....

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Axlafoss waterfall

Axlafoss waterfall by highland road F210

Axlafoss is a quiet but structurally precise waterfall in Iceland’s southern Highlands, where ....

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Hrafnabjargafoss waterfall by highland road F26

Hrafnabjargafoss is not defined by a single vertical drop, but by sustained hydraulic ....

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Kerlingafjöll geothermal area

Kerlingarfjöll mountain range and Hveradalir geothermal area

Kerlingarfjöll is a highland mountain range where Iceland’s internal heat is exposed with ....

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Ljótipollur crater lake near Landmannalaugar

Ljótipollur is a volcanic crater lake in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve, located just ....

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Mt. Mælifell

Mt Mælifell volcano on the southern Fjallabak road F210

Mælifell rises alone from the black sands of Iceland’s southern Highlands, a conical ....

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Sigöldugljúfur canyon waterfalls by mountain road F208

Sigöldugljúfur is a short but visually dense canyon in Iceland’s central highlands, located ....

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Hnausapollur

Hnausapollur, also known as Bláhylur (“the Blue Pool”), is a crater lake in ....

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Frostastadavatn in Fjallabak Nature Reserve

Frostastaðavatn is a shallow highland lake within the Fjallabak Nature Reserve, located directly ....

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Brennisteinsalda in Landmannalaugar Nature Reserve

Brennisteinsalda is one of the most distinctive mountains in Landmannalaugar, rising directly above ....

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Sigöldufoss waterfall in Tungna river

Sigöldufoss is a broad waterfall on the river Tungnaá, located directly beside the ....

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Laugahraun is a young basaltic lava field at Landmannalaugar, formed during the 1477 Veiðivötn eruption. Dark, fractured, and still sharply textured, it stands in direct contrast to the surrounding rhyolite mountains and geothermal slopes. More than a backdrop, Laugahraun is a defining structural element of the Landmannalaugar landscape, shaping access, water flow, and human movement through the area.

Laugahraun lava field in Landmannalaugar

Laugahraun is a young basaltic lava field at Landmannalaugar, formed during the 1477 ....

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Mt. Blahnukur in Landmannalaugar Nature Reserve

Bláhnúkur is one of the most prominent rhyolite mountains in Landmannalaugar, rising sharply ....

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